Hi,
I think it would be a great feature to pin VM links, created with "Create Shortcut on Desktop" in VirtualBox, to a pinned VirtualBox-Icon in the taskbar on Windows 10. The usage is the same than on the desktop link.
Thanks and good bye.
VM link "Pin to" Taskbar icon
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Re: VM link "Pin to" Taskbar icon
? This already works on Win10 hosts. Just right click the desktop shortcut and choose "Pin to taskbar" (rock the casbah) or "Pin to start menu".
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Re: VM link "Pin to" Taskbar icon
I can pin every single machine as one icon to the taskbar. But what I suggest is a icon to VirtualBox and the machines as "Pinned items" to that one icon. Like with pinned pages in Firefox or pinned tracks for VLC. I can't pull a link to the VM and drop it into the VirtualBox Icon in the taskbar.
I made a mockup what I am talking about: https://schrotti12.lima-city.de/img/vbmock.png
I made a mockup what I am talking about: https://schrotti12.lima-city.de/img/vbmock.png
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Re: VM link "Pin to" Taskbar icon
The mockup you made is of something called a jump list. People have been requesting support for that since Win7 introduced jump lists in 2009. Still waiting!
A possible problem is that VirtualBox is a portable app based on Qt, not a Windows specific app. OTOH this is a very Windows specific feature. The feature probably needs to be something supported by Qt, and I don't know if that's the case or not.
A possible problem is that VirtualBox is a portable app based on Qt, not a Windows specific app. OTOH this is a very Windows specific feature. The feature probably needs to be something supported by Qt, and I don't know if that's the case or not.
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Re: VM link "Pin to" Taskbar icon
It would need to use the Qt Windows Extras (QtWin) class and would become a chunk of functionality that would only be included in the Windows build.mpack wrote:The feature probably needs to be something supported by Qt, and I don't know if that's the case or not.
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Re: VM link "Pin to" Taskbar icon
Yeah, JumpList, that was the word I was looking for. Probably if I searched for that, I would have found something. Sorry, my fault.
Okay, then again using menus.
Okay, then again using menus.