Multiple taskbar widgets override there settings

[SaliaVolz]

Windows version

Windows 11

Windows OS build

22631.6345

YASB version installed

YASB Reborn v1.8.7 x64 (stable) YASB-CLI v1.1.5

Describe the bug

I want two taskbar widgets. One that shows the apps currently visible on my screen and one that shows all apps.
so the fist one has this config:

  taskbar:
    type: "yasb.taskbar.TaskbarWidget"
    options:
      show_only_visible: true
      strict_filtering: true
      monitor_exclusive: true

and the other one:

  globaltaskbar:
    type: "yasb.taskbar.TaskbarWidget"
    options:
      show_only_visible: false
      strict_filtering: false
      monitor_exclusive: false

but it always uses the config of the last widget.

Relevant log output

i didn't find anything relevant in the logs

[Rejdukien]

Did you also refer to them as "taskbar" and "globaltaskbar" in the bars widget configuration?

i.e.

    widgets:
      left:
      - "taskbar"
      right:
      - "globaltaskbar"

[SaliaVolz]

Yes Id did. I just Tested it again and the monitor_exclusive is working correctly, but the show only visible is not. Because when I just have taskbar in my widgets than it only shows the Apps open in my current Workspace, but then I also have my globaltaskbar in my widgets then I see all apps that are open all workspaces.
I use glazewm if that makes a difference

[Rejdukien]

Okay, can confirm also with Komorebi, if both widgets are active, the first "taskbar" one will have a different behavior.

• globaltaskbar disabled, taskbar enabled
  taskbar shows applications of current workspace (+minimized) of that monitor

• globaltaskbar enabled, taskbar enabled
  taskbar shows applications of all workspaces (+minimized) of that monitor

[amnweb]

Is that reproducible without tiling managers (Glaze or Komorebi)?

[Rejdukien]

I'm not OP, but I'm happy to try things out...

Without tiling window manager, behavior of those two taskbar widgets doesn't seem to influence each other.... "taskbar" shows just apps of that monitor (including minimized, not sure if that's intended, considering "show_only_visible" is enabled; But I'm not 100% clear on those flags), "globaltaskbar" shows apps of all monitors.

What I noticed trying out some different arrangements with OPs widget setup + a tiling WM: Order of the widget affects behavior

Tiling WM, "taskbar" first, "globaltaskbar" second:
taskbar shows apps of all workspaces of that monitor (should show only active workspace)
globaltaskbar shows apps of all workspaces, of all monitors

Tiling WM, "globaltaskbar" first, "taskbar" second:

globaltaskbar shows apps of active workspace monitor1 + active workspace monitor 2 (should show even inactive workspaces)
taskbar shows apps of active workspace monitor 2 (that bar)

tl;dr:

"show_only_visible" filters out cloaked windows (which is how komorebi/glaze hide windows from inactive workspaces by default), it appears that across both instances of the widget the value of the last instantiated widget is used.
Tested again by having "taskbar" first, "globaltaskbar" second but changing the flag "show_only_visible" to true on the last one... both widgets now behave as if show_only_visible is set to true. Changed it back: Both widgets behave as if "show_only_visible" is false.

Glance at the codebase... taskbar.py seems to use a shared window_manager, which sets its own flags based on the last connected widget in connect_taskbar method...

[amnweb]

Can you try this PR? #713
The installer can be downloaded from https://github.com/amnweb/yasb/actions/runs/21931899887

[SaliaVolz]

Yes that works. Thank you so much!

[SaliaVolz]

I just tested it further and some weird things are happening. Sometimes, when I change the Workspace, the taskbar for the specific workspace is empty and the apps only reappear when I interact with the apps again