XY gone, when minimising to the taskbar, ALT+Tab not working

[frany]

Something related to Windows interaction is disturbing...
Since, I guess, some three or four XY updates (and I tend to refer to updates, as I did not change any settings) a strange and a bit annoying behaviour there is. Or is it maybe a Windows thing??

Minimising XY to the taskbar (no matter if via WIN shortcut or clicking the XY_window_frame-minimise_dash) normally sends the open window "away" to the taskbar. And the taskbar-icon shows the fact of an open and miminised application through a little dot under the mentioned icon.

In such a case I am able to restore the application to its earlier position and size with ALT+Tab.
OR, with a click on this icon on the taskbar the application is restored.

And unfortunately there are times, when mimimising XY, the XY-window is sent away, but no longer recognisable as an active/running program.
There is no little dot under the icon in the taskbar (as if there is nothing active/running). And there is no XY-window visible when using ALT-Tab to switch program focus! Although XY is still active/running, visible in task-manager.
Nevertheless, when clicking the XY-icon in the taskbar, the application restores to its earlier place on the desktop (a restore, not a restart).

AND, sometimes in such cases, XY shows a little elongated icon at the lower part of the screen next to the taskbar. Clicking this one also restores the XY-window.

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I did not find a way to reproduce this behaviour in a controlled way.

As I said, annoying, this erratic behaviour; that I cannot simply use ALT-Tab and need to grab and act with the mouse.

I would not expect a settings issue here, because 'setting' should do the same all over, but in my case it is unpredictable (for me) if XY will be visible or not through ALT+Tab. Or is it a bug, or a feature?

I'd appreciate feedback.
Thank you!

[admin]

Are you talking about Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Minimize to tray?

[frany]

no. box not checked.

but when I do check this "Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Minimize to tray", XY does correctly go to the tray when minimized (to the right side of the taskbar, the taskbar notification area).
BUT cannot be reached/restored with Alt+Tab, there is no XY-app displayed in the Alt+Tab overview. Very much like I described in the first post. Only clicking the Icon in the taskbar restores the XY-window.
But, as far as I understand, none of the apps residing as little icons in the taskbar notification area can be reached via Alt+Tab.
Only the active ones on the left side, in the taskbar quick launch area, can be reached via Alt+Tab.

So still left with the case, that I sometimes, unpredictable, cannot reach XY with Alt+Tab, when miminmized.

Right now I minimzed and restored some 50 times (with Alt+Tab), with varying focus on different items/folders/.. no glitch for the moment.
I don't get it.
Maybe I can find some logic in this behaviour...

[admin]

Generally, the taskbar and Alt+Tab are Windows features, not XY features. If something does not work there, ask Windows.

[frany]

an even more interesting aspect:

while all other running Apps (of the quick start area of the taskbar) are seen in the task manager as an "App", XY is NOT listed there, but as a background processes ("Hintergrundprozess", one of a hundred others), no matter if minimized or not.

But, in the case when it gets minimized, and noted as active app in the taskbars quick start area (restorable via Alt+Tab) it is registered in the task manager as an "App", no longer as background process.

I have no (concious) control on how XY behaves when minimized - as App or as background-process, when/how it falls in one or the other mode.

[admin]

That's almost certainly a Win 11 bug. It should not be like that, and it isn't here (Win8.1 / Win10).