joelm

When you right click, the animation is short enough that most people don't notice the difference. But when you click and drag (as I show in the attached videos) the difference is prominent. JumpListAero.wmv JumpListStock.wmv

It's just during the animation that the Jump List should be behind the taskbar. I think Microsoft designed it that way to make the transition less abrupt and maybe so the taskbar icon doesn't get hidden by a Jump List. I rarely use Jump Lists also, but it's a bug that may even have other implications that do cause problems. Bigmuscle's software is almost flawless from what I've seen, this is the only bug that I've found (some software isn't designed for Aero, but that's not bigmuscle's problem).

This is getting confusing. Let me restate the behaviors (hopefully in a clearer way). The default behavior of stock Windows 8.1 is that the Jump Lists are always behind the taskbar (except when they are fully open and don't overlay with the taskbar at all). The behavior that we are both seeing with bigmuscle's Aero is that Jump Lists are always in front of the taskbar (except, again, when fully open). The pictures I showed in my previous post are stock Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 without Aero. The picture in the post previous to my previous post is Windows 8.1 with Aero.

Yup, the Jump List being in front of the taskbar is the bug. I'm glad you were able to confirm that it's not specific to my setup. It's minor, but I hope it gets fixed. BTW, I got my screenshots by pressing Print Screen while holding the mouse button on the partially opened Jump List, then pasting into Paint.

In that picture your Jump List is fully open. I'm talking about when the menu is dragged open (more commonly done on a touchscreen). Click on an icon and drag the mouse up and down to see what I'm talking about. I didn't do my research well enough, I found that what I'm seeing out of place is that the Jump List is in front of the taskbar. If you compare my attachment of Window 8.1 without Aero (W8.1 Jumplist.png) to the attachment in my previous post, you will notice that the Jump List being in front of the taskbar is a bug. On Windows 7 the Jump Lists had transparency of the whole "window," not just the border like I described in my previous post (see the attachment W7 Jumplist.png).

I think I found a bug caused by Aero Glass for Win8.1. My installation is the default, but with the win8cp.png file replaced with a more default-looking theme. I have not added blurring behind the taskbar or any other customizations. When I click and drag the mouse up and down on anything pinned to the taskbar, the Jump List is opaque instead of semi-transparent as it should be. Normally there's a gradient of transparency based on the location of the mouse; opaque on top and transparent on the bottom. BTW, I love having Aero on Windows 8.1!