Taskbar: Incorrect icon for Outlook message

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deanis

256 discussion posts

The correct icon displays in the message preview, but the wrong icon, being the application icon, displays on the taskbar. I don't recall seeing this before b12.

I restarted DF and still have the issue.

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Dec 9, 2014 • #1

I was able to reproduce this here, and it seems to be related to the way we're grabbing the correct icon for items that are also pinned on the Windows taskbar. We'll see what we can do to get it fixed up

Thanks!

Dec 10, 2014 • #2

We've just released a new DisplayFusion beta version (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/) and this issue should be all fixed up. Please let us know if you run into any trouble after updating.

Thanks!

Dec 12, 2014 • #3

deanis

256 discussion posts

I'll have to get back to you on Monday, when I'm back in front of more than one monitor, if that's OK.

Dec 12, 2014 • #4

Yep, no worries! I was able to reproduce it here, and it's fixed on my system with Beta 13, so it should hopefully be good

Dec 12, 2014 • #5

deanis

256 discussion posts

Sorry Keith, but I'm running b14 and still see the main app icon instead of the window icon. It's really odd, as the icon in the preview is the correct one.

Dec 15, 2014 • #6

Ok, 2 questions:

Is Outlook pinned on your DisplayFusion Taskbar?
Is the Multi-Monitor Taskbar > Button Grouping setting set to Enabled?

Dec 15, 2014 • #7

deanis

256 discussion posts

Is Outlook pinned on your DisplayFusion Taskbar?

Nope

Is the Multi-Monitor Taskbar > Button Grouping setting set to Enabled?

Yes, it is. I can understand the icon changing if there's more than one window, but I get the icon with only one. Also, I tried setting the grouping to Automatic, but could never get that to actually group things.

Dec 15, 2014 • #8

Ok, that makes sense then. We recently changed it to match the behaviour of the Windows taskbar if grouping is enabled. If you have Outlook set to minimize to tray (or move it to the second monitor so it gets removed from the Windows taskbar), the Outlook message window will have the normal Outlook icon on the Windows taskbar as well, no? That's how it behaved for me here...

Dec 16, 2014 • #9

deanis

256 discussion posts

This isn't the behavior of the Windows taskbar, though. If I have a single message window open on the primary monitor, with the Windows taskbar, then it shows with an envelope icon. If I move that window to my secondary monitor with the DF taskbar, then the taskbar icon changes to the Outlook icon. It shouldn't do this if it's the only Outlook window on that monitor. It should only do that if more than one Outlook windows are on my secondary (DF) monitor.

This wouldn't be as big of an issue if Auto grouping worked, but as I briefly mentioned earlier, it doesn't work like it does on the Win taskbar.

Dec 16, 2014 • #10

Ok, is your Windows taskbar set to "Combine when full" or "never combine?"

Dec 16, 2014 • #11

deanis

256 discussion posts

Combine when Full. I thought that's what Auto is, but maybe it's something else.

Dec 16, 2014 • #12

Ok, yeah, I see what the issue is now. We're releasing 7.0 really soon, but we should be able to have this fixed up for the first beta of the next version.

Dec 16, 2014 • #13

deanis

256 discussion posts

I assume you mean the icon. That's cool. You guys pump out betas pretty quickly.

Maybe the next version can add the Combine when Full behavior as well...?

Dec 16, 2014 • #14

Yeah, that's what we're hoping to do. The icon issue is basically because we don't properly support a "Combine when full" mode. It only showed up recently because we change the button icon logic. There are a surprising number of different places that you can get the icon from, and it's been a bit of a struggle to get every scenario correct

Dec 16, 2014 • #15

deanis

256 discussion posts

Thanks Keith. I agree that is the right way to fix this in the end, and I look forward to seeing it.

Dec 17, 2014 • #16

We haven't had a chance to implement the "Group When Full" option properly yet, but in 7.1 Beta 2, you should now have the correct icon for your Outlook message windows again

Please let me know if not!

Jan 5, 2015 • #17

Hi Keith
I have the same issue, with Beta 2. It is showing allways the primary Outlook icon, for Mails, Word or Excel.
I have it also with other applications, like Firefox or IE on the 2nd Monitor.