Why are my desktop icons spaced so far apart Windows 11? This is a design choice by Microsoft and unfortunately, it’s not customizable from the settings. However, there are a couple of methods you can use: Modify the registry– You can adjust the icon spacing by changing the registry. B...
We fixed an issue where desktop icons sometimes couldn’t be drag-and-dropped to certain places on the desktop, even though the desired spot appeared to align to the same grid as the other icons already in place. We fixed an issue where desktop icons could become unexpectedly spaced out whe...
In this release, when a user changes postures from laptop to tablet, Windows will instead adjust the desktop interface to be a little more touch friendly. The search bar on the taskbar will collapse, pinned and running apps will be more spaced out, the touch keyboard icon will appear in th...
Windows organizes desktop icons using a grid layout. This grid ensures that icons are neatly aligned and spaced, preventing overlap and maintaining a clean appearance. Each icon occupies a cell in the grid, and the operating system automatically aligns icons to the nearest grid point. This system...
Gets the area where content, such as text and icons, can be placed within a ToolStripItem without overwriting background borders. (Inherited from ToolStripItem) DefaultAutoToolTip Gets a value indicating whether to display the ToolTip that is defined as the default. (...
Taskbar icons are spaced out Search box on taskbar is collapsed into icon-only mode Touch keyboard auto invokes when you tap a text field File explorer elements will have a little more padding, to make them comfortable to interact with using touch ...
Install a new icon by dragging it off your desktop (or out of a window) into any spot in the Favorites list of the Sidebar; a horizontal line shows where it will land after you let go. You can’t drag icons into any section of the Sidebar—just Favorites. Tip You can also highligh...
Notably, the top-level user folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Pictures have a new design that should make it a little easier to tell them apart at a glance. And yes, the Recycle Bin icon has also been updated! As you can imagine, there are a lot of icons in ...
Notably, the top-level user folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Pictures have a new design that should make it a little easier to tell them apart at a glance. And yes, the Recycle Bin icon has also been updated! As you can imagine, there are a lot of icons in ...
Sets the spacing between icons in list-view controls set to the LVS_ICON style. You can use this macro or send the LVM_SETICONSPACING message explicitly. ListView_SetImageList Assigns an image list to a list-view control. You can use this macro or send the LVM_SETIMAGELIST message ...