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Taskbar background container cuts off / icons overflow #672
Description
Title: [Windows 11 Taskbar Styler] Taskbar background container cuts off / icons overflow
Description
The floating taskbar background frame stops prematurely on the right side, causing app icons to render outside the rounded pill border.
System Details
- Windhawk Version: v1.7.3
- Mod: Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
- Theme Preset: LiquidGlass
- Windows OS Build: Windows 11 25H2 (OS Build 26200.9457)
Custom Control Styles / Code Used (to fix speaker not showing up next to Ethernet icon):
Target:
SystemTray.OmniButton#ControlCenterButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > ItemsPresenter > StackPanel > ContentPresenter > SystemTray.IconView > Grid > Grid
Styles:
Visibility=Visible
Steps to Reproduce
- Select the
LiquidGlasstheme and apply the custom system tray control style above. - Pin or open enough app icons to fill the center taskbar area.
- The background container stops expanding on the right, leaving app icons floating past the pill border.
list of mods i use:
please let me know what other information i could provide to help.
Theme author: @mohsinhasanpc
Activity
[-][Mod Name] Bug description[/-][+][Windows 11 Taskbar Styler] Taskbar background container cuts off / icons overflow[/+][-][Windows 11 Taskbar Styler] Taskbar background container cuts off / icons overflow[/-][+]Taskbar background container cuts off / icons overflow[/+]m417z commentedon Sep 18, 2026
This seems like an issue with the specific theme. I moved the issue since it's not a mod bug.
m417z commentedon Sep 18, 2026
Is this the issue you were seeing?
I tried to fix it, please import the updated version manually, let me know if the fix works for you:
https://github.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-taskbar-styling-guide/blob/main/Themes/LiquidGlass2/README.md#manual-installation
zerobun0 commentedon Sep 19, 2026
Hey, tried your fix and it doesn't actually resolve this for me, and introduces new problems on top:
The original cut-off is fixed, but MaxWidth=containerGridWidth-2*(trayWidth+50) is way too aggressive for anyone with a moderately busy system tray. With mine (~13-14 active tray icons), it left almost zero room for pinned/running apps, nearly everything got pushed behind the overflow "..." button (screenshot attached).
Combining it with a custom rule to force the tray's hidden speaker icon visible (Visibility=Visible) puts the taskbar into a permanently broken split-row state, pinned apps render in a separate floating row above the actual taskbar bar, and it persists even through an Explorer restart. Only removing that rule fixes it.
Right-aligning the tray to fix a separate positioning gap also caused it to clip clean off the edge of the screen in one test.
What's actually held up reliably after repeated testing: halving your buffer to containerGridWidth-(trayWidth+50) (drop the 2*) plus setting SystemTray.SystemTrayFrame's HorizontalAlignment from Left to Right (also fixes it sitting with a dead gap before the real screen edge). Screenshots below show the broken states vs. the working one. not working:
working:
m417z commentedon Sep 19, 2026
That changes the theme, which I believe meant to be centered. I'll leave it to @mohsinhasanpc.
mohsinhasanpc commentedon Sep 20, 2026
I'll take a look into this within 1-2 days, as I've my exams rn.