Can't get WorkShelf items to display in the taskbar

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 12289

jorick wrote:

The Workshelf preferences dialog box is very well designed and easy to use, and it was obvious that each module had it's own settings area.

There you go again, making me all mushy inside.

jorick wrote:

My guess is that it will move it from the desktop to the taskbar next time it's shown, similar to the "Attach to NextSTART" item in the module context menu. But I don't know if it's supposed to stay there or if it's supposed to go back to the desktop when the taskbar autohides. It turns out that both capturing and attaching work the same way for me: show the module on the taskbar, but make it disappear when the taskbar autohides and never make it come back. I've tried both.

Ah-ah! I feel now we are getting somewhere and I *finally* understood what the problem really is!

First of, 'Attach to NextSTART' and 'Capture into the NextSTART taskbar' are one and the same.

This puts the modules inside the NextSTART taskbar (as if they were an integral part of NextSTART, even though, behind the scenes, they actually belong to WorkShelf). Naturally, when the taskbar auto-hides, so do the modules - they do not go back to the Desktop. Not until you 'release' them from NextSTART or NextSTART is no longer running.

But if I understood correctly now, what you are telling me is that they never come back after this, not even when the taskbar is shown again.

I'll look into it in a minute.

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 12289

Jorik, the new official v16.2 release fixes this issue.

jorick · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:20 pm **Posts:** 84

I'm happy to say that it's working very well! Thanks!

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