microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Dock Icons flash when interacting with items/changing settings) (unless the item opens cmdpal)
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.98.0
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
Interact with dock items or change settings
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
The dock icons dont flash
### ❌ Actual Behavior
The icons flash
Note: some frames may have been lost, making it look like sometimes it stayed there and didnt flash
(I dont really know what the recording framerate is)
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6d888f65-5a46-4779-aca8-cf4c5ae591e1
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Contributor guide
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start in the Command Palette area by reproducing the interaction with dock items and settings, then use the attached recording to compare the icon behavior. Done means the dock icons no longer flash during those interactions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100