Microsoft design team explains why Windows 11 taskbar should be centered

The taskbar-centered design is a key improvement in the Windows 11 user interface. As of now, I have not heard of users who do not like this centered taskbar.

The Microsoft design team recently released a blog post to explain this type of design. Simply put, centering the taskbar is actually to make all kinds of screen devices can be used.

Whether it’s a tablet, desktop, or ultra-wide display, the centered taskbar allows users to find the applications they need faster without having to drag the mouse far.

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At present, ultra-wide display screens are gradually becoming popular. The advantage of this kind of display screen is that it allows users to have a surround experience.

The Microsoft design team said that the centered design of the taskbar of the Windows 11 system is the result of many years of research and testing by the team’s designers.

The team hopes to design an interface that users of tablets, desktops, and ultra-wide monitors can use, and the result of this design is that the taskbar is centered.

When the taskbar is in the center, ultra-widescreen users can click the start menu without moving the mouse significantly, and tablet users can also click buttons more easily.

In this way, whether the user clicks the start menu or other program icons on the taskbar, it is relatively easier to be clicked than the start menu on the left.

Of course, not all users use ultra-wide displays, and not all users like centering, so Microsoft also reserves the option to set it to left alignment.

The user can reset the taskbar and start menu to left-aligned in the personalized settings of the settings, and the user can choose between the left or the middle. Unfortunately, Microsoft no longer allows users to drag the taskbar freely.

Although it is currently possible to place the taskbar at the top through the registry, this may be deprecated in the future.

The Microsoft design team did not explain the starting point of this situation, but there are already many users in the feedback center hoping that Microsoft can resume dragging the taskbar.