Missaligned start button and start menu

Describe the bug

Freshly installed Open Shell 4.4.191 on freshky installed Win 11 Insider Canary (25977.1000) and both the button and whole menu arę missaligned about 5 pixels abive their desired position - orbs I use are missaligned about 4-5 pixels.

No problem on other devices that have Win11 (also Canary) and OS for longer.

Area of issue

Start menu

To reproduce

Install and launch

Expected behavior

Button should be alligned correctly, menu as well

Open-Shell version

4.4.191

Windows version

Windows 11 Insider Canary 25977.1000

Additional context

Device is HP Pavilion X360 14-ba104nw. It's convertible with touchscreen, but it shouldn't be a problem - Windows UI is the same.

Just installed latest Win11 insider and everything seems to be normal.

What is your display scaling? (Windows settings -> System -> Display -> Scale)
Do you have some custom value in Override system DPI setting in Open-Shell settings?

Does the issue persist also after reboot?

System display scale is set to 125%, not sure about OS one, as I didn't change what was default. Will check in a moment.

Yes, it persist rebooting and reinstalling.

Hmm, also with 125% scaling it looks good on my VM.

Can you provide your Open-Shell settings XML?

In override I hsave default, which is 0.
Menu Settings.zip
This one is already modified, but I believe only look and folder parts - it works fine on another PC with 150% (here with 150 its also missaligned)

I'm sorry but I still cannot replicate such behavior :(

Do you use some other customization software?

None. Only what Windows allows (align left, dark mode, etc)

With my bug I just "broke" my orbs, so it's lower (still not in the ideal position, as I can click original Windows button) and used Vertical position setting to move the menu start and it looks decent.

Hello, I'm also having this issue.

@mike26037

@mike26037
Is it on latest Win11 Insider?
Do you have machine with touch screen?
Is also start menu shifted up?

Guys, can you eventually attach Open-Shell log?
It should contain some info on start button/menu positioning.

@mike26037

@mike26037 Is it on latest Win11 Insider? Do you have machine with touch screen? Is also start menu shifted up?

Guys, can you eventually attach Open-Shell log? It should contain some info on start button/menu positioning.

0xfff? With hexadecimal I can do 0fff, but without x it's same as fff, is that ok? I'm ending with 0x0000fff (4095)

Edit: Seems to be ok. I'm attaching log on resetted Open Shell (so no mods).
StartMenuLog.txt

@mike26037

@mike26037 Is it on latest Win11 Insider? Do you have machine with touch screen? Is also start menu shifted up?

Guys, can you eventually attach Open-Shell log? It should contain some info on start button/menu positioning.

I am on windows 11 home. Touchscreen Dell Inspiron, and yes you can see in my screenshot it is shifted up. here's the log.
StartMenuLog.txt

It seems the issue is related to touch screen devices.

I was able to replicate it on my Win11 23H2 VM using this guide (Option Three):
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/turn-on-or-off-tablet-optimized-taskbar-in-windows-11.5133/

It is also much worse when Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is used as a tablet is enabled.
In such case taskbar shrinks (when not used) but Open-Shell's custom button stays visible all the time.

Following .reg file can be used to enable touch-optimized taskbar (to replicate the issue):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"TabletPostureTaskbar"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ExpandableTaskbar"=dword:00000000

Could you, please, test with this PR build?
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/passionate-coder/open-shell-menu/builds/49215189/artifacts

It should fix the issue.

Hello,
Just upgraded to windows 11 and have this issue. Is there any way to get a copy of the PR build as the artifacts are deleted after one month.

Here is fresh build:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/passionate-coder/open-shell-menu/builds/51014494/artifacts

@ge0rdi

This is to report that the misalignment is no longer an issue, after I installed Open Shell 4.4.194 yesterday. I noticed the button is now correctly placed as soon as the installation was finished. Note that I had updated Windows 11 to version 24H2 the day before. I too have a touch-enabled laptop, a Dell Inspiron 7620 2-in-1.

I'd like to thank @ge0rdi and the contributors for making this possible, and for their continued work on this. As the maintainer of two open source projects, I know what this might involve. I'm thankful for your dedication.

Sorry, my HP x360-G2 on Windows 11 24H2 with touchscreen still experiences the issue after installing Open Schell 4.4.194.

Sorry that it did not align correctly for you. It was such an intense moment of joy, even though it was brief. Hopefully, a future version solves it also in your case.

WIth the latest build provided above (thank you for that) when the larger size touch taskbar is shrunk down the button doesn't dissepear, just moves down a bit. It is perfectly tolerable but obviously not optimal. Also the larger touch optimized taskbar the icon is in the correct place but the icon is not scaled appropriately.

Well, I updated to 4.4.195 today and just as immediately as the previous time, I noticed that I'm back to the misaligned button :-(

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