System tray icon additional tweak

[dougsmucker]

I use "Taskbar tray icon spacing and grid" and "Taskbar tray system icon tweaks" to save space on my task bar and "Vertical Taskbar for Windows 11" to save monitor space. I leave only 1 system icon displayed (network) since I can get to the rest via the little popout for them. But the one I leave displayed stays on a line by itself instead of sharing a row with my other (Windhawk, Rainmeter, MalwareBytes, etc., tray icons.) It would be really nice for the icons controlled by "Taskbar tray system icon tweaks" to behave like the other icons in the Taskbar tray and share a row (or column) with them.

Thanks for Windhawk,
Doug

[m417z]

That's tricky because the system tray icons are implemented differently. Currently, the best workaround is to hide that icon as well, and perhaps find a replacement app with a regular tray icon.

[dougsmucker]

Thanks. One more try.

How about creating a new, "normal" icon which brings up the system tray icon popout menu. That would allow one to hide all the system tray icons but still have access to the popout.

Doug

[m417z]

You could create a tool which simulates Win+A. Perhaps the "Click on empty taskbar space" mod can be used too. Alternatively, you can simply use the hotkey.

[dougsmucker]

I did not know about Win+A.
Thanks.