For me, the auto-hide feature is a little annoying as the app auto-hides itself even when I have a mouse cursor over the app window. You can press the Alt button to make it appear again. Enabling this feature will let Switch automatically hide when not in use. You can enable or disable the auto-hide feature. Provides a Windows 10 like Show Desktop button Ability to show window. The settings of the app are pretty basic and there are only a few options. This article will list various docks / panels / taskbar apps that allow you to. I wish we could drag and drop the application shortcuts to the taskbar instead of browsing it using the file browser. For example, if you place Firefox on the third row, it will open with Alt + 3. The same number (vertically from up to down) will be assigned to the app as a shortcut for opening. Select the program which you want to place in that particular space. To start with, you can click on the Plus button and a file selection menu will open. This is annoying and the developer should place a button or link to settings in the taskbar itself. Another interesting downside is that the settings of Switch app are in the system tray instead of the dock bar.

This key works universally so even if you are using any other application, just pressing Alt + 1 will open Firefox for me. For example, if I have Firefox in the first position, I will need to press Alt + 1 to open Firefox. Similarly, you can easily open the programs using Alt + Number keys. The doc can auto-hide after use and if you want to make it appear again, just press the Alt key and the dock will appear at the top. “ Switch” is a free and open-source tool for opening our favorite programs quickly using keyboard shortcuts as well as a combination of mouse and keyboard. “Switch” is a Windows dock that functions as an addon to the existing Windows taskbar. But the dock functionality of macOS is still superior to the Windows taskbar. The latest taskbar in Windows 10 enables a user to interact with the apps and also perform actions like opening a new tab or window, pin to taskbar, and also speed dials in case of a browser. Microsoft has improved the Windows taskbar a lot.

Windows 10 dock bar