Classic Shell: Forum

I noticed something that seemed strange to me:

Using the Windows 7 Start Menu style, the setting Main Menu > All Programs Style > Inside Main Menu > Open Automatically makes it so that the All Programs list is open as soon as the start menu is opened (instead of the default Pinned and Frequent Programs).

However, if the user begins to type into the search box, and then deletes the search, the Start Menu shows the Pinned and Frequent Programs instead of All Programs.

Now, this isn't necessarily an "error." I doubt it was intended to behave differently than that. But, I also doubt that this is the behavior that anyone who chose to show the All Programs menu by default would want.

At least one user, namely myself, always wants All Programs to be displayed and never wants to see the Pinned and Recent Programs section of the Start Menu. I would guess that anyone who opted to have All Programs open automatically would want the same.

Please let me know if there's already a way to make Classic Start Menu reopen All Programs automatically upon deleting search text. Otherwise, consider this a feature request.

Yes I think I have to agree, someone who has chosen to display All Programs list by default would want to see the list again when the contents of the search box have been erased. Ivo will decide if it can be implemented.

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Links to some general topics:

● Compare Start Menus

● Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.