[Start11v2] Let us adjust context menu animation time or make it shorter

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, need to know few things:

1. Windows full version numbers. Use Winver.exe
2. Start11 v2 version number.
3. Which Start11 v2 style you're using?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

I use 

1.  Windows 11 22H2 (build 22621.2861) Czech language
2.  Start11 version 2.03 
3.  Style Windows 10

Since the upgrade to v2 the app seems more laggy and to be honest, I dont really see any improvement or inovation since version 1.42.

The best solution for me would be ability to turn off various animations like the roll up, smooth scrolling etc. just via regedit, nothing fancy. For people that use Windows for work and not for gaming are these things really unnecessary.

Thanks in advance.

Have you tried turn off the "Animate the menu when opening it" in Start Menu->Configuration->Visual appearance?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Thats very curious as the animations on the menus are quicker in 2.x than they were in 1.x and should be identical to the OS ones.  Note that the desktop menu in Win11 is for some reason not animated at all.

If you create a registry value here HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 called "S11_NoMenuAnimations" of type String and give it a value of "1" and then sign out and in again those animations will be disabled entirely.

In terms of changes there are a huge number of enhancements over 1.4 with 2.0.  Multiple new menu styles, support for tabs, lots of new options for groups, inclusion of filtered folders as groups, new taskbar pins etc.  It should also be noticeably quicker in use.

I didn't really notice this before, but the Registry setting above is well received. It really speeds up the Context Menu appearance.

Thank you,

pelaird

Hi, the registry value by Neil Banfield did exactly what I was looking for.

I checked also the menu tip by basj (sorry, its in Czech language) but the animation of context menus was turned off whole time and it didn't have any effect, so thats probably a bug.

Also, the roll effect on jumplist selection when clicked on application icon remains, but that's probably handled by Windows itseft so its not a problem of Start11.

Thanks for help.

Maybe I have found another bug.

If I rightclick the taskbar, it automaticaly highlights the top item although I haven't moved the cursor anywhere yet.

I believe that's a Windows 11 default. If you right click the desktop, you will see the top item selected.

No, I have not the first item automatically selected. I have just checked that. This is definitely a bug.

This is what I get when I right click the desktop. As you can see, View is selected which is the top item in the menu. If you have customized the OS to open the "Classic" context menu, then no items will be selected when invoked.

Nothing selected by default. But I, too, have Start11 2.03, so either he is seeing a bug or I am.

It could be the language difference, but your screen shot is in English. It could also be that I'm running Windows 11 - 22635.2915.

I think the reason for having something selected in the context menu is so you can navigate the options with the keyboard instead of a mouse.

Shift+F10 is the keyboard shortcut to open the context menu for any app that is in focus, and then you can navigate with the arrow keys or the letter shortcuts positioned by the choices.

I really don't think this is a bug, but maybe someone in development could chime in here?