taskbar annoyance

[Paul Pedersen]

I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps up
and intercepts the click.

I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a pia.
How can I turn off this "feature"?

"Enhance pointer precision" is off.

 

[Clay]

Uncheck "auto hide taskbar"?
Clay

 

[witan]

I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumpsup
and intercepts the click.

I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a pia.
How can I turn off this "feature"?

"Enhance pointer precision" is off.

You can probably skirt the problem by relocating your taskbar on the
TOP of the screen.

 

[Paul Pedersen]

But I WANT it to auto-hide. I just don't want it to pop up unless the cursor
actually gets over that little bar. "Approaching it" isn't what I want.

But thanks anyway.

 

[Paul Pedersen]

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You can probably skirt the problem by relocating your taskbar on the
TOP of the screen.

Thanks, but then I'd have to move the Task Bar around from edge to edge,
depending on which application is in the foreground. That's a worse problem
than I have now.

 

[Jim]

Is it anything to do with "snap to"?

But I WANT it to auto-hide. I just don't want it to pop up unless the cursor
actually gets over that little bar. "Approaching it" isn't what I want.

But thanks anyway.

 

[Paul Pedersen]

I don't think so. That's turned off.

Is it anything to do with "snap to"?