On Windows, allow user to configure AppUserModelID
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
MPV should set the AppUserModelID for the window to a configured value.
Refer Microsoft documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/appids
This ID controls how the taskbar groups windows, and remembers "Show this window on all desktops" options. Exposing this as a config option would allow the latter to be persisted across updates, when managed by a package manager like Scoop, and lets different profiles be grouped separately.
I propose the config key: window-appid, a string, whose value is simply forwarded to the System.AppUserModel.ID window property.
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Research direction
Start by reading the Microsoft AppUserModelID documentation and locating mpv's Windows window-property setup and configuration option definitions. Add the proposed string key window-appid, forward it to the System.AppUserModel.ID window property, and verify that configured Windows taskbar grouping and desktop visibility behavior work as described.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100