Can't asccess taskbar in new beta

[Sammy the Wizard]

ISSUE
When Steam is maximized, I cannot access my taskbar.

OS
Windows 10

STEPS

1. Have Windows 10 taskbar be in auto hide mode. This is where It is invisible until you move your mouse over it, then it slides into view. This option can be enabled in Windows settings.

2. Open Steam and maximize the Steam window.

3. Bring your mouse to where your taskbar is, by default this is the bottom of the screen. It should slide into view and allow you to interact with it, but it doesn't.

RESULTS
My taskbar does not appear and so I can not switch out of Steam without alt-tabbing or closing the window.

EXPECTED
My taskbar should appear and I should be able to select other running programs to switch open.

[lsdninja]

I get this on Windows 11 too. I haven’t checked on Win10, but the taskbar does actually (I can see it slide up through the tiny sliver of desktop visible at the bottom from Steam’s unconventional maximise behaviour) appear, Steam just overrides the “always on top” behaviour (or it’s just bugged, Steam isn’t the only app on my system this happens with) it’s supposed to have meaning it pops up behind the Steam window.

[Satoru]

I'm on windows 10 though I tend not to hide the taskbar in general

But when I enabled the auto-hide, I am able to mouse to the bottom of my screen where my task bar is and it pops up fine. I have a dual monitor setup, and I did expliclity set steam to maximize just to be sure it was maximized each time. It worked on both monitors

Seems to be something unique to windows 11 maybe?

[Sammy the Wizard]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Seems to be something unique to windows 11 maybe?

I'm on Windows 10, not 11 and I have the issue.

If I turn autohide off and then on again, the issue is fixed for a bit. Doing things like restarting my PC brings the issue back. If you want to see the issue for yourself, you can try enabling auto hide, then restarting your PC to see if the issue occurs.

[Sammy the Wizard]

Originally posted by lsdninja:

I get this on Windows 11 too. I haven’t checked on Win10, but the taskbar does actually (I can see it slide up through the tiny sliver of desktop visible at the bottom from Steam’s unconventional maximise behaviour) appear, Steam just overrides the “always on top” behaviour (or it’s just bugged, Steam isn’t the only app on my system this happens with) it’s supposed to have meaning it pops up behind the Steam window.

Steam takes up my entire screen. I don't have even a single pixel gap at the bottom to see if the taskbar is moving behind Steam. I guess Windows 11 behaves a bit different from 10.

[lsdninja]

I dusted off my last major Windows 10 system and, after what seemed like an eternity of waiting for things to update and log in, couldn’t reproduce this specific issue there either. Steam appears to maximise as it should and, instead of an awkward gap, I see the top of the taskbar peeking through at the bottom (which brings it out of autohide when you hover over), as expected. I’m not entirely sure just what is going on…

[Blue]

I have the same issue with and without bein in beta

[Jazz]

Im in beta using Windows 10 and occasionally get this issue too

[Sammy the Wizard]

Originally posted by Jazz:

Im in beta using Windows 10 and occasionally get this issue too

Unfortunately for me it's way more than occasionally, probably 95% of the time. Rebooting my PC will occasionally fix it, but it always comes back in a few hours. Restarting Steam does nothing.

[Sammy the Wizard]

Looks like the update left beta and this bug still has not been fixed.

[qwertypate4321]

Having the same issue on my Win11 machine; anyone have a solution yet?

[Sammy the Wizard]

Unfortunately, no. I ended up just giving up and turning off auto hide taskbar.