Microsoft hasn’t budged down from experimenting with the Begin menu. Be it the companion panel for apps subsequent to the Begin menu or structure experimentations, Home windows 11 is making an attempt to do all of it. After testing a grid structure for the All apps part, we discovered that it needs to supply a class view as nicely.
Home windows Newest beforehand lined the hidden “Class” structure within the All apps part. At the moment, coloration appeared within the class blocks relatively than apps. However, after the newest Home windows 11 Beta channel replace, the brand new structure works to some extent.
Since we beforehand enabled the structure by modifying the OS, it grew to become practical (type of) after the replace. You may not see these new layouts till you make modifications to Home windows 11.
How does the Class view look?
The noticeable change between the final and this construct is that some app icons seem in every class field.
The present design can match 4 app icons in it. Because it predetermines the apps that go into every field, some are partially crammed whereas others are stacked. Most of those are system/Microsoft apps, and clicking the icon launches the app.
Since this four-app design for every class field is inadequate, the person field in every class also can act as a sub-category field. In easy phrases, clicking on them ought to present 4 extra apps. Nonetheless, that doesn’t appear to work on this Beta construct.
The design reminds us of reside tiles, a function that isn’t a part of Home windows 11 anymore. Stay tiles may show a notification counter (and even partial notification content material). It will be thrilling to see if Microsoft implements a counter for apps that want it (like social apps, mail, and so forth).
Each the Class and Grid layouts make it simpler to navigate the Begin menu. The default structure is a waste of house, and it’s essential to scroll quite a bit. The Grid design teams the apps by their first letter, bundling a number of apps underneath every letter.
We anticipate the brand new layouts to turn into out there with the 24H2 replace for Home windows 11. The identical goes for the companion panel for apps that allows you to test an app’s stats with out opening it.