The side taskbar is not a planned feature for Windows 11 Update 22H2 and may not be for future updates either.
With version 22H2 we can expect a major update for Windows 11 later this year with many small innovations. The taskbar, which you could still place on the sides or at the top of the screen under Windows 10, remains at the bottom for the time being. At least Microsoft tells us why that is the case (more on that at the end of the article).
Microsoft announced last week that it intends to rebuild Windows 11 with numerous updates. Little by little, however, other features are coming to light that will probably make it into the big update 22H2 (via Bleeping Computer).
Innovations with the Windows version 22H2
- Modern sidebar in File Explorer: The sidebar in the file explorer should be revised and made clearer. This also includes OneDrive integration, which allows you to find files stored in the cloud faster.
- Pin and favorite files: In the future you should be able to pin certain files. Then they will be displayed in a certain place in the file manager as soon as you open it. You can set files as favorites. You will find this in a dedicated column in the sidebar.
- Suggested Actions: The feature
Suggested Actions
should be used primarily in Microsoft teams. Here you can mark a date, for example, and Windows will suggest suitable actions for you. For example, you can enter it in your calendar and give it a title. - Full screen widgets: In Windows 11 there is a widgets panel where you can find a number of widgets for weather, news and more. According to Microsoft Community Manager Richard Hay, you’ll soon be able to make this window full-screen. The screenshot shows a tablet, but there is probably nothing to prevent the function also coming to desktop PCs.
link to Twitter content
Other changes to come with Update 22H2 were already known. We have them for you in the article Microsoft fulfills many user requests with the first function update
summarized.
The taskbar stays where it is
A feature that is in demand according to the Insider Feedback Hub will not come for the time being, more precisely the repositioning of the taskbar. in one Ask me Anything
Tali Roth, Microsoft’s Head of Product, explains why the taskbar stays at the bottom of the screen (via Neowin
If you think about placing the taskbar on the right or left, the consequences and the work that all apps have to do to understand the environment are suddenly huge.
According to Roth, contrary to the feedback in the Feedback Hub for Windows Insiders, the feature is only particularly desired by a few users, which is why Microsoft wants to concentrate on other functions. Roth goes on to say that they’re eyeing the feature, but don’t yet know if or when you’ll be able to pin the taskbar to the side of the page as well.
But even with the taskbar only at the bottom of the screen, many are already using Windows 11. My colleague Nils Raettig takes stock after six months and tells you whether the change was worth it for him:
Half a year with Windows 11: was it worth the change?
Is the taskbar on the side of the page an important feature for you? What do you think of the other upcoming features? Can they significantly improve Windows 11 or not? Please let us know!
