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Change title of open workspaces in Windows taskbar?

  • November 9, 2022
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I've got several workspaces open at one time, and have a hard time switching between them using the Windows Taskbar because their names are "MULTI - MULTI", "SHAPEFILE - MULTI" etc.

 

I know Alt-Tab will cycle through, but I usually want to click on the taskbar to bring it to the foreground.

 

Is there a way to display the file name instead on the Taskbar? Not the directory as these get pretty long. So it shows "land-use.fmw", "birds-of-prey.fmw", "routing.fmw" or whatever.

 

Here's what I've got open right now:

screen capture of running workspaces

Best answer by redgeographics

There is no setting that controls this automatically. But... it defaults to that name (i.e. inputformat - outputformat) if there's no workspace name set.

Screenshot 2022-11-10 at 16.30.47I know it's a drag, but if you get in the habit of providing a name for your workspace you can control this. It's also good best practice.

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    There is no setting that controls this automatically. But... it defaults to that name (i.e. inputformat - outputformat) if there's no workspace name set.

    Screenshot 2022-11-10 at 16.30.47I know it's a drag, but if you get in the habit of providing a name for your workspace you can control this. It's also good best practice.

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    • November 10, 2022

    That was the perfect answer and a little more learned today - thanks @Hans van der Maarel​ 

     

    The Windows taskbar now shows named workspaces instead of input-output:

     

    Windows taskbar showing named workspaces instead of input-output

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    That was the perfect answer and a little more learned today - thanks @Hans van der Maarel​ 

     

    The Windows taskbar now shows named workspaces instead of input-output:

     

    Windows taskbar showing named workspaces instead of input-output

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