{"id":171071,"date":"2024-08-07T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=171071"},"modified":"2024-08-07T08:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:18:02","slug":"disable-mouse-hover-display-app-menu-taskbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/disable-mouse-hover-display-app-menu-taskbar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable mouse hover to display app menu in Taskbar for Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"sum\">\n<li>To turn off the mouse-hover over inactive Taskbar apps feature on Windows 11, open <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Personalization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Taskbar<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Taskbar behaviors<\/strong>, and clear the <strong>&#8220;Show hover cards for inactive and pinned Taskbar apps&#8221;<\/strong> option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/windows-11\">Windows 11<\/a>, it&#8217;s possible to disable the mouse hover to display cards (or jump lists) for inactive apps, and in this guide, I will explain the steps to complete this configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/windows-11-22635-3930-26252-new-features\/\">build 22635.3930<\/a>, in addition to showing thumbnail previews for active apps, Windows 11 now has a new mouse hover behavior that opens the jump list for inactive apps in the Taskbar. However, as I expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pureinfotech\/status\/1816925349294514665\">my concern to Microsoft<\/a>, this is not a feature for everyone since, while it&#8217;s convenient, it can quickly become annoying as it&#8217;s pretty easy to hover over inactive apps by mistake and have the Taskbar opening the menu when this is not your intention.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like this feature, it&#8217;s possible to turn it off, as the company is adding an option in the Taskbar settings for Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/how-to\">guide<\/a>, I will explain the steps to prevent the Taskbar from opening the jump list menu for inactive apps on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc\">\n<li><a href=\"#disable_mouse_hover_taskbar\">Disable mouse hover for inactive apps in the Taskbar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#enable_mouse_hover_taskbar\">Enable mouse hover for inactive apps in the Taskbar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"disable_mouse_hover_taskbar\">Disable mouse hover for inactive apps in the Taskbar<\/h2>\n<p>To prevent the jump list from opening on mouse hover from inactive apps in the Taskbar, use these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Open <strong>Settings<\/strong> on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click on <strong>Personalization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Taskbar<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click on <strong>Taskbar behaviors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Clear the<strong> &#8220;Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps&#8221;<\/strong> option to disable the feature.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171073\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/disable-show-hover-cards-inactive-apps.webp?resize=827%2C643&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disable show hover cards for inactive apps in Taskbar\" width=\"827\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/disable-show-hover-cards-inactive-apps.webp?w=975&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/disable-show-hover-cards-inactive-apps.webp?resize=300%2C233&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/disable-show-hover-cards-inactive-apps.webp?resize=738%2C574&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 738w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/disable-show-hover-cards-inactive-apps.webp?resize=150%2C117&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you complete the steps, when you hover with the mouse over non-running apps, the Taskbar won&#8217;t open or display the jump list (card) with actions. However, if the app is active, you will continue seeing the thumbnail previews on hover.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"enable_mouse_hover_taskbar\">Enable mouse hover for inactive apps in the Taskbar<\/h2>\n<p>To show the jump list for inactive apps on mouse hover in the Taskbar, use these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Open <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click on <strong>Personalization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Taskbar<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click on <strong>Taskbar behaviors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Check the <strong>&#8220;Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps&#8221;<\/strong> option to enable the feature.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171075\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/show-hover-cards-inactive-apps-taskbar.webp?resize=827%2C392&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Enable show hover cards for inactive apps in Taskbar\" width=\"827\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/show-hover-cards-inactive-apps-taskbar.webp?w=1009&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1009w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/show-hover-cards-inactive-apps-taskbar.webp?resize=300%2C142&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/show-hover-cards-inactive-apps-taskbar.webp?resize=150%2C71&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After you complete the steps, when you hover over inactive apps, the Taskbar will show the jump list with actions specific to that application.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is still testing this feature, and it&#8217;s available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/windows-11-insider-preview-build-history-tracker\">Windows Insider Program<\/a>. If you can&#8217;t find the setting, it&#8217;s because you&#8217;re not running the latest version of the operating system in the Beta Channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think about these features, and would you be using them?<\/strong> Let me know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there&#8217;s a setting to prevent the Taskbar from showing cards for inactive apps when you hover over them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[95,19,2715,2576],"class_list":["post-171071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-difficulty-level-beginner","tag-how-to","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-help"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to disable mouse hover to display app menu in Taskbar for Windows 11 - Pureinfotech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To disable mouse-hover over inactive Taskbar apps on Windows 11, clear the Show hower cards option from Taskbar behaviors in Taskbar settings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/disable-mouse-hover-display-app-menu-taskbar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to disable mouse hover to display app menu in Taskbar for Windows 11 - Pureinfotech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To disable mouse-hover over inactive Taskbar apps on Windows 11, clear the Show hower cards option from Taskbar behaviors in Taskbar settings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/disable-mouse-hover-display-app-menu-taskbar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pureinfotech \u2022 Windows 10 &amp; 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