Good day Home windows Insiders, at the moment we’re releasing Home windows 11 Insider Preview Construct 25197 to the Dev Channel.
TL;DR
- We’re re-introducing tablet-optimized taskbar and System Tray updates. These modifications are starting to roll out so not all Insiders within the Dev Channel will see these modifications immediately.
- We’re releasing a few app updates to Home windows Insiders within the Dev Channel.
What’s new
Pill-optimized taskbar
We’re re-introducing the touch-optimized taskbar that’s designed to make you are feeling extra assured and comfy utilizing your system as a pill. Your taskbar will routinely transition to this optimized model if you disconnect or fold again the keyboard in your 2-in-1 system. This characteristic solely works on gadgets that can be utilized as tablets. It doesn’t work on laptops or desktop PCs.
As a reminder, there are two states of this taskbar: collapsed and expanded. Within the collapsed state, the taskbar will get out your manner, offers you extra display area, and prevents you from by chance invoking the taskbar if you’re holding your pill. Within the expanded state, the taskbar is optimized to be simpler to make use of with contact. You may simply swap between the 2 states by swiping up and down on the underside of your system.
If this characteristic is out there, you will notice a brand new setting at Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors known as “Optimize taskbar for contact interactions when this system is used as a pill” that shall be set to on by default.
[We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]
FEEDBACK: Please file suggestions in Suggestions Hub (WIN + F) below Desktop Setting > Taskbar.
System Tray Updates
This replace introduces updates to the System Tray that have an effect on all system sorts — not simply 2-in-1 gadgets. With this alteration, customers will see a rounded focus and hover remedy on all icons within the decrease proper, as a result of continued modernization of this expertise.
You may additionally discover that it’s not potential to pull and drop or rearrange your system tray icons with this alteration. We heard your suggestions on this alteration earlier this 12 months and are working to deal with this in a future Insider Preview construct.
[We are beginning to roll this feature out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]
FEEDBACK: Please file suggestions in Suggestions Hub (WIN + F) below Desktop Setting > System Tray.
Modifications and Enhancements
[Settings]
- We’re starting to roll out animated icons and illustrations within the Settings app. With the animated icons within the navigation bar, we proceed rising our movement design rules to remodel these acquainted interactions from one thing purely purposeful to one thing that can be pleasant.
[Input]
- We’re making the small tweak that started rolling out with Construct 25179 to enhance the important thing repeat fee for the normal contact keyboard structure, in addition to the default contact keyboard structure, so it feels extra responsive out there to all Home windows Insiders within the Dev Channel. Now it has the speed of 20 keys per second (for instance, when holding down the delete key).
Fixes
[System Tray Updates]
NOTE: These fixes will solely present if tablet-optimized taskbar with System Tray updates is enabled in your system. Please see above for particulars on the tablet-optimized taskbar and System Tray updates, which is starting to roll out to Home windows Insiders and never but out there for everybody.
- The taskbar ought to now not flash due to modifications within the system tray in non-tablet-optimized situations.
- Fastened a problem that was inflicting elements of the taskbar or its icons like search to get caught within the fallacious theme’s colours when switching between gentle and darkish themes.
- Date and time ought to now not get caught reducing off on the facet of the display from system tray modifications.
[Start]
- Fastened a crash that customers have been seeing when utilizing Begin’s beneficial part.
[File Explorer]
- Fastened a problem resulting in a small set of Insiders with “launch folder home windows in a separate course of” not having the ability to launch File Explorer within the final two flights because of an explorer.exe crash.
- Did some work to assist enhance the efficiency of deleting recordsdata through File Explorer (when emptying the recycle bin or utilizing Shift + Delete) within the case the place there are a lot of recordsdata being deleted directly.
[Input]
- Fastened a problem inflicting ctfmon.exe crashes for some Insiders in latest flights when phrases have been added to your spelling dictionary.
- Dragging the voice typing window to a different monitor which has a special scaling than the originating monitor ought to work now as an alternative of bouncing again.
- Fastened a sporadic crash in latest builds when utilizing the enter switcher.
- Fastened a problem which might result in voice typing and different enter options hanging on initialization.
- Fastened a problem with displaying sure Sinhala phrases, the place they have been unexpectedly overlapping.
[Settings]
- Up to date the design of the lists displayed Apps > Startup Apps and Apps > Superior App Settings > App Execution Alias pages to be extra in step with different Settings pages.
- Fastened a problem which might result in Settings crashing when eradicating gadgets.
- Up to date the Private Dictionary part below Privateness & Safety > Inking & Typing Personalization to now say “Customized glossary”.
[Widgets]
- Fastened a problem which was making the climate icon within the taskbar draw too excessive and with no textual content in latest flights.
[Windowing]
- Clicking the title bar portion of a preview thumbnail in Process View ought to now really swap to that app, as an alternative of simply closing Process View.
- Fastened a sporadic explorer.exe crash which might occur when utilizing ALT + Tab or Process View.
[Task Manager]
- Fastened a problem impacting Process Supervisor reliability.
- If graphs have been hidden on the Efficiency web page, the circles used to establish every of the totally different sections ought to be much less blurry now.
[Other]
- Fastened a problem which might result in hangs in sure apps when making an attempt to print if an IPP printer took too lengthy to reply to the print request.
- Fastened a problem the place EnumPrinters wasn’t all the time returning the right dimension for pcbNeeded, which might result in hangs in sure packages.
- Fastened a typo within the dialog displayed when Sensible App Management blocked an app.
- Fastened a problem the place sure characters have been lacking within the boot setting when utilizing the Chinese language (Simplified) or Korean show languages, resulting in sq. containers within the textual content.
NOTE: Some fixes famous right here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel might make their manner into the servicing updates for the launched model of Home windows 11.
Recognized points
[General]
- We’re wanting into studies that audio stopped working for some Insiders after upgrading to the most recent flights.
- We’re investigating studies of some totally different apps having began crashing in latest builds.
- We’re investigating studies that Insiders are experiencing a bugcheck when transferring their mouse in sure video games
- We’re investigating studies that some Insiders are seeing OneDrive setup asking for permission to arrange each time their PC reboots.
[File Explorer]
- We’re engaged on the repair for a problem the place command bar gadgets like copy, paste, and empty recycle bin might unexpectedly not be enabled when they need to be.
[Settings]
- [NEW] We’re investigating some points the place uninstalling sure apps utilizing Settings > Apps > Put in apps isn’t working accurately.
[Tablet-optimized taskbar]
- [NEW] The taskbar typically flashes when transitioning between desktop posture and pill posture.
- [NEW] The taskbar takes longer than anticipated to transition to the touch-optimized model when switching between desktop posture and pill posture.
- [NEW] Utilizing the left or proper edge gestures may end up in the Widgets or Notification Middle (respectively) to overlap with or look truncated by the taskbar.
- [NEW] When utilizing the underside proper edge gesture to see Fast Settings, the taskbar typically stays caught within the expanded state, as an alternative of dismissing to collapsed state.
- [NEW] When there aren’t any working home windows on the desktop, the taskbar can typically collapse, when it ought to be expanded.
[Widgets]
- Notification badge quantity might seem misaligned on the taskbar.
- In some circumstances, the notification banner for some badging won’t seem within the widgets board.
App Updates
We’re rolling out the next app updates to Home windows Insiders within the Dev Channel.
Calculator (Model 11.2208.1.0): We’ve got added native Arm64 assist to Calculator. You’ll see quicker and higher efficiency if you use the app on Arm64 gadgets.
Media Participant (Model 11.2208.22.0): We’ve got added the power to edit video recordsdata in Clipchamp with a brand new “Edit with Clipchamp” motion out there if you right-click a video in your library and within the lower-right nook of the video participant UI below extra choices (…) when enjoying a video file.
For builders
You may obtain the most recent Home windows Insider SDK at aka.ms/windowsinsidersdk.
SDK NuGet packages are actually additionally flighting at NuGet Gallery | WindowsSDK which embrace:
These NuGet packages present extra granular entry to the SDK and higher integration in CI/CD pipelines.
In regards to the Dev Channel
The Dev Channel receives builds that characterize lengthy lead work from our engineers with options and experiences that will by no means get launched as we check out totally different ideas and get suggestions. You will need to do not forget that the builds we launch to the Dev Channel shouldn’t be seen as matched to any particular launch of Home windows and the options included might change over time, be eliminated, or changed in Insider builds or might by no means be launched past Home windows Insiders to basic clients. For extra info, please learn this weblog put up about how we plan to make use of the Dev Channel to incubate new concepts, work on lengthy lead gadgets, and management the states of particular person options.
These aren’t all the time secure builds, and typically you will notice points that block key actions or require workarounds. You will need to be sure you learn the recognized points listed in our weblog posts as we doc many of those points with every flight.
Construct numbers are increased within the Dev Channel than the Home windows 11 preview builds within the Beta and Launch Preview Channels. You will be unable to change from the Dev Channel to the Beta or Launch Preview Channels with out doing a clear set up again to the launched model of Home windows 11 at the moment.
ALSO: As a result of the Dev and Beta Channels characterize parallel improvement paths from our engineers, there could also be circumstances the place options and experiences present up within the Beta Channel first.
The desktop watermark you see on the decrease proper nook of your desktop is regular for these pre-release builds.
Necessary Insider Hyperlinks
Thanks,
Amanda & Brandon
