Users are displeased with Windows 11's removal of the taskbar's drag-and-drop functionality.

 

Users are displeased with Windows 11's removal of the taskbar's drag-and-drop functionality.


Windows 11 is set to be released in October, and Microsoft has already revealed which features will be removed or depreciated in the new operating system. Some key features, such as Timeline, will be removed or replaced to reduce clutter, but some of the changes will be inconvenient and may impact how you use Windows on a daily basis.

The taskbar is losing support for some basic features in Windows 11, which may feel like a step back when compared to Windows 10. The taskbar, for example, can only be accessed from the bottom of the screen. According to Microsoft's official documentation, you cannot pin the taskbar to other sides of the screen in Windows 11.

Microsoft has only acknowledged the removal of one taskbar feature in the official documentation, but as we discovered in preview builds, Windows 11 has also dropped support for a full-fledged right-click menu and the ability to drag and drop files onto a taskbar app.



Microsoft has now admitted in a Feedback Hub post that this behavior is not a "known issue," and Windows 11 no longer includes the taskbar drag and drop feature, at least for the time being.“

Dragging a file onto a taskbar app to open it in that app is currently not supported in Windows 11, but we appreciate all of your feedback and will continue to use it to help guide the future of features like this ,” the firm stated.



Furthermore, unlike the screenshot above, Windows 11 does not allow users to drag and drop apps onto the taskbar to create a shortcut.

So far, the response to Microsoft's statement on Feedback Hub has been shocking.

“Sorry, Microsoft, but that response is pathetic,” one user commented. Why would you want to get rid of features that have been in Windows for years? There's this, and then there's the lack of a right-click context menu — for as long as I've been using Windows, it's always been right-click on the taskbar for the Task Manager”.

“This is such a letdown!” New software versions are expected to have improved functionality. It is completely unacceptable to break perfectly good things in the process. And Microsoft's response to this issue, labeling it "not supported" without citing reasons for removal or a statement of resolution, is also extremely unsatisfactory, according to another user.

Some users were much more positive about the change, claiming that the new taskbar was a step back.

At the moment, it's unclear whether all Windows 10 taskbar features will be restored before the October 2021 release of Windows 11.

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