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Taskbar

The taskbar is the access point for programs displayed on the desktop. With the new Windows 7 taskbar, users can give commands, access resources, and view program status directly from the taskbar.<br/> In this unit, you will learn about all the new Windows 7 taskbar features -including jump lists, thumbnails, thumbnail toolbars, overlay icons, and progress bar.

Hands-On Labs

  • Taskbar - Managed

    In this lab, you will use the Windows API CodePack library to exercise the taskbar from a .NET application. You will show visual progress, status indicators, custom thumbnails, thumbnail buttons and thumbnail clips, and of course jump lists to frequently used destinations.

  • Taskbar - MFC

    In this lab, you will learn how to integrate your MFC application with the Windows 7 Taskbar. This includes providing visual progress and status indicators, using taskbar progress bars and overlay icons, quickly accessing common tasks and frequent destinations using taskbar jump lists, and customizing the taskbar thumbnail with live previews of MDI views.

  • Taskbar - Native

    In this lab, you will learn how to integrate Windows 7 Taskbar with your Win32 application. The lab will show you how to provide visual progress status indicators - including taskbar progress bars and overlay icons- and how to use jumplists to access common tasks and frequent destinations. You will also learn how to customize taskbar thumbnails with live previews of MDI views.

Videos

  • Windows 7 New Taskbar - An Overview

    Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows.<br/> Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team members Chaitanya Sareen, Trish Miner, and Stephan Hoefnagels as they present the new Windows 7 Taskbar functionality and motivations.

  • Designing the Windows 7 Taskbar

    Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows.<br/> Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team designer Stephan Hoefnagels as we present the evolution of the Windows 7 Taskbar through the different design iteration cycles, and of course, you will see the famous “Bat Signal.”

  • Windows 7 Taskbar - Behind the Scenes

    Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows.<br/> Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team developers Robert Jarrett and Ben Betz as they talk about the three parts of the Taskbar.

  • Jump into the Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists

    Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows. <br/> Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Taskbar product team developers Robert Jarrett and Ben Betz as we take a deep dive into the Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists. You can think of a Jump List as your own mini Start Menu for your application, giving you some control over its appearance and functionality.

  • Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features

    Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows.<br/> This video focuses on the advanced functionalities that the Windows 7 Taskbar offers, such as Thumbnail Overview, AeroPeek, overriding the default Thumbnail icon, and surfacing tabs and documents from a Multi Tab or Documents Interface (such as IE8).<br/> Join Ben Betz and Robert Jarrett as they dive deep into the Taskbar API to explain exactly how to integrate your applications with the Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail and AeroPeek functionality.

  • Windows 7 Taskbar: Incorporating Your Beta Feedback into RC

    Windows 7 offers a new way of controlling your desktop, managing your windows, and launching applications. The Windows 7 Taskbar is a new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows.<br/> We first introduced Windows 7 Taskbar during PDC 2008 and it was available for users to try in the Windows 7 Beta release. Join Ben Betz and Robert Jarrett in this video as they cover a few changes that were made to Taskbar functionality in order to incorporate audience feedback.