[Beta] Simple Classic Theme Taskbar

I don’t think you’re part of the SCT private alpha. Please use the latest public build available here:
www.winclassic.net/thread/740/simple-classic-taskbar-download-link

Btw, the point of having a private beta is so that I have a few testers with a different arangement of operating systems to test the software on. Creating software like this is pretty complicated and bugs in the software are a common thing. To be able to just push out many functions and not get 300+ people screaming at me for their setup breaking is a pretty nice thing. Having a public thread is handy so that people are aware that the project exists and is being worked on. Why public github builds? Short answer: The software can automatically update itself. About the "no instructions": Why would I give instructions for something people can't access? The people who can access the software always get clear instructions on how to install and use the utility.

Another thing I just noticed... the text on the start menu buttons does not use the font set in the scheme from SCT configuration. The same is true for the clock on the right part of the taskbar.

Here's my scheme:
www57.zippyshare.com/v/qcrObyxq/file.html

And the font that it uses (should be what appears on taskbar buttons and system tray clock when using the above scheme):
www42.zippyshare.com/v/QKKW2LTH/file.html

Any chance I could get a link to the private beta? Dying to try it.

Thanks Scamdisk. Trying out and I must say, you've done a really good job with it ʇǝǝๅ. It's really good.

Things I noticed in this build:

- The start button has the proper pressed in effect. An actual 3d button. So nice to have that back.
- The QuickLaunch icons display correctly now.
- You can move tasks around! A very nice feature to have.
- You can adjust the icon spacing for the Quick Launch icons, as well as Systray icons as well as taskbar buttons.
- The clock now has a tooltip. Talking of tooltips: they are now the proper ones and no longer the balloon type. Nice.

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses. Hat's off, it's fantastic thus far.

EDIT: Just noticed you can move system tray icons around by holding the left mouse button. Great stuff. 👍
EDIT2: Running the latest build (Dec 1st) now. Switching over to this now as my main driver. You've out done yourself.

I *believe* I am at the latest for SCT and SCTT:




I am also using Taskbar-Context-Menu-Tweaker 07.29.2020, and ExplorerContextMenuTweaker 11.13.2018.

The main issue for me now at this point, is that SCTT's tray "system" icons do not work properly.

When I log in to Windows and SCT starts, my Taskbar looks like this (CustomizerGod has been used to change the default Windows 10 icons):




The tray icons work as expected when I double click them, or right click them, and these menus show:








In order to complete the Windows Classic Theme and address other issues (such as a blank "Settings" screen and a blank Edge screen), all explorer.exe's need closed and restarted. This "corrupts" the task bar, so that it looks like this:



App names don't appear on buttons, it's too thin, colors are glitched, and the clock disappears. The tray icons all still show the same menus as above, however.

The solution is to replace the taskbar. I have not yet tried playing with StartIsBack, mainly because I want to use Open-Shell for the Start Menu. SCTT is the program for me! But, in its current alpha, the tray "system" icons don't work.

The Classic Task Manager tray icon works, but not on double click. It must be right clicked to get the following menu, and that menu will remain on screen until an option is selected:



The big problem now IMO is that when I click any other tray "system" icon (Safely Remove Hardware, Volume, and Network), I get a "Windows 10" style menu for just the Network icon, no matter which tray icon is right clicked:



I have not figured out any way around this yet. (It looks like it's covering a different Window; I'm not sure if it really is.)

You might notice in the above two SCTT screenshots, there is a graphical "3D line" glitch (appears to the left of the Network icon). That is solved for me by increasing "Taskbar delay" in SCT; I changed from 5000 to 10000.

Another issue to point out (which I'm sure is known), is that clicking on the clock doesn't do anything (left, double left, or right click).

For me the main things that would make SCTT near perfect (for me anyways) is:

1) Tray "system" icons show the correct menus when right clicking and work when double clicking,

2) System Time has options to show calander, and

3) SCTT shows fonts selected for the "Scheme" for SCT config.

0) That weird graphical glitch is something I have not found the cause of yet. Weird that the taskbar delay in SCT fixed it as it literally does nothing when using SCTT. 

1) The context menu's for the system tray are a very hard thing to implement. Many applications have hardcoded some weird function to show the menu's and it's hard to satisfy all applications. I will keep tweaking it to make it better and better as updates come.

2) The clock literally is something I implemented in a minute. It's just there for filling that gap and being a clock. I have plans to implement many T-Clock features into SCT so that will come soon (or not soon, we'll see how things go)!

3) Fonts are something I avoid. Because with fonts come font sizes, and it takes a lot of time to reprogram the taskbar to support font sizes. Limited font support will be added (as in: fonts but not font sizes) soon and font sizes will require a lot of time so I do not see that happening in the near future.

Do you by any chance still have the source code for this? I'm looking for ways to improve the systray and I think this is a good starting point.