Requesting guidance - if none available, then this is a feature request ...

Hi to everyone (especially those who work for Stardock and may be able to help).  See picture, please.  The first one is how I have my Start11 menu currently configured.  I'm happy with this setup.  I'm OK with it.  But I would like to be able to use the "modern" start menu.  What's stopping me is the apparent inability to have that particular menu pop up away from the edges of the screen (when the taskbar is set to left).  Look at the picture to see what I mean (see picture labeled "# 2").  Is there any way to make the "modern" start menu pop up in the same place that the Windows 11 start menu does (away from the edges of the screen and the taskbar)?  If not, can Stardock please make this an option for the next release?  It would help with maintaining visual consistency and appearance of the menus.  Start11 has come a long way since its first release.  Great improvement.  Thanks to whoever responds here.

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Hello,

Would Grid Modern style work for you? Refer screenshot below.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Hold on.  Wait.  How did you get it to be like that in the picture you posted?  I changed to the modern grid menu, and nothing.  (See below picture from my computer.)  The edges of the menu still are touching the left of the screen and the bottom of the taskbar.  They aren't spaced out from the screen edge and the taskbar.  How do I get it to look like how yours does in the picture?  Thanks!

 

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Follow-up: I just realized there may have been a misunderstanding.  I was not asking about the space inside of the start menu.  I am talking about the spacing; the space that's between the edges of the menu and the screen/taskbar.  How do I get my start menu in Start11 to look like how it does in the screenshot that was posted by Basj?  I hope this helps.  Thanks.

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Okay, I get your request, and I can see the very small gap between the edge of your screen/taskbar and the Start menu in Modern/Windows 7 style. I have forwarded your request to the Stardock Support Team for their review and recommendations. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We really do appreciate your feedback, Thanks

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Basj and everyone else at Stardock: Thanks.  One more thing, though, please.  See picture below.  I grabbed this from an article online.  This shows the regular Windows 11 start menu when it is aligned left through normal system options.  You can see how the start menu appears like it's floating with space in between the edge of the screen and the taskbar.  This is how it normally appears when aligned left.  My question is, why are Stardock's alternative menus (e.g., "modern," and so on) not able to look like this so to match the style developed by Microsoft and baked into the operating system?  I'm just saying, you know?  Why are there no options to do this?  The calendar and notifications on the right of the screen have a space between them and the edge of the screen and taskbar.  Why not make the start menus so that they at least match the spacing of the calendars and notifications on the right?  That'd make a lot of sense from a design point of view, because then everything would match that way.  Will Stardock commit to making this change, or at least add an option for users to enable it?  I hope you guys will, because this, again, would make a lot more sense.  Thanks again.

 

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Have you tried this setting? :

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Hi, JanOscar - yes, I have.  I've tried it before.  It doesn't work 100% for whatever reason.  I tried again.  Look below ...

 

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Follow-up: So I guess what I'm talking about can't be done with Start11 ... ?

If that's the case, I'm a bit bewildered as to why it wasn't possible to start with.

Because it seems like a no-brainer.  Will Stardock incorporate this in a future version?

Thanks!

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Hello Omnimaxus,

I have forwarded your request to Support. They will review your request, it will or not be implement pending on their review.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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FOLLOW-UP:

 

Will Stardock make this change or not?  Has a decision been made?  Thanks.

Reply #12 Top

Hello,

It look like it move up a little bit. Start11 V2.01

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #13 Top

I give up.  It doesn't seem like anyone understands what I'm asking.  I don't get it ...