topic Re: Icon size in taskbar in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Icon size in taskbar

KenBuja — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:32:30 GMT

Why is the icon for ArcGIS Pro 3.5 in the taskbar not the same size as other applications?

Re: Icon size in taskbar

RyanUthoff — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:29:27 GMT

In my testing of this just now, the width of the icon in the task bar is dependent on how long the name of the application is (in your case, "Testing") until it reaches the maximum width.

For example, I named my ArcGIS Pro "Testing" and it made the width long enough to display the text "Testing." Then I named another ArcGIS Pro "This is a long name test."

You can see from my screenshot that the width of the icon is dynamic based on how long the name of the application is. It also takes into account how much remaining room you have left on your taskbar. So if you already have a lot of other applications opened on your taskbar, then the width might be smaller than if only ArcGIS Pro was opened.

Re: Icon size in taskbar

KenBuja — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:40:15 GMT

I'm not talking about the width of the tab in the taskbar. The actual icon is smaller.

Re: Icon size in taskbar

RyanUthoff — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:56:04 GMT

Ohhh, I see what you're saying. That's not an issue I can replicate in ArcGIS Pro 3.5. The icon sizes are all the same for me.

Re: Icon size in taskbar

ChrisUnderwood — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:28:43 GMT

Hello @KenBuja @RyanUthoff , yes, it seems that once you open a Project, the Icon inexplicably shrinks.

Re: Icon size in taskbar

AlfredBaldenweck — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:43:51 GMT

Love this

Re: Icon size in taskbar

ChrisUnderwood — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:11:26 GMT

This could become an Accessibility issue, eg for visually impaired users, so it is now logged as a defect, ref BUG-000177777.

Meanwhile, you can keep the Icon size consistent with the Windows Taskbar option "Always hide labels", although you will then lose the accompanying label.

Re: Icon size in taskbar

ChrisUnderwood — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:47:20 GMT

@KenBuja @AlfredBaldenweck @RyanUthoff This issue is Fixed in ArcGIS Pro 3.6

Betreff: Icon size in taskbar

MatthiasKl — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:55:17 GMT

Are there any plans to fix this bug in ArcGIS Pro 3.5 as well? To be honest, I am surprised that the recently released patch 3.5.3 does not fix the problem. As a company that always uses the stable version (3.5.x, 3.7.x), do we really have to wait several years?

Re: Icon size in taskbar

ChrisUnderwood — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:58:17 GMT

Confirmed, the Icon does not shrink when a Project is opened in ArcGIS Pro 3.6.

Betreff: Icon size in taskbar

MatthiasKl — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:46:06 GMT

Is there any news on this? Surely this problem can't remain unfixed for 3.3.x, 3.4.x, and 3.5.x?! All of these versions are still supported. The latest patch (3.5.5) does not address this issue either.

Betreff: Icon size in taskbar

RyanUthoff — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:04:13 GMT

Per the bug page, this was fixed in ArcGIS Pro 3.6. Just because a version is still "supported" doesn't mean that every bug will be fixed in that version. In my experience, only the "major" bugs will be fixed in previous versions. Otherwise, anything else will be fixed in new versions going forward.

https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/the-arcgis-pro-taskbar-icon-is-no-longer-readable-after-bug-000177777