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Avoid Pinned Tile Name

RschuRschu ✭
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How can I avoid that a name is shown on my app tile when it is pinned to the HoloLens start menu? I removed ShortName from the manifest completely but then it shows the DisplayName. ShowNameOnTiles is also empty. Using a space like ShortName=" " fails the build.
I just don't want a name string on my pinned tile since the logo icon already contains the app name.

René Schulte | Director, Immersive Experiences | Microsoft MVP Windows Development
www.identitymine.com | http://blog.rene-schulte.info

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    wickwick ✭

    Does the app have a tagline you could use there instead?

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    WithinRafaelWithinRafael ✭
    edited September 2016

    That's a terrible idea and glad it's not supported. (Am frankly shocked to see such a want from IdentityMine.)

    I suspect if this was supported, you'd break screen readers, not behave correctly on font size/color changes (e.g. high contrast mode), be less legible than usual under Magnifier, and generally just make a mess of Start.

    I believe there are also cases where tile assets may be lazy loaded (or fail to load). In this case, we'd literally have a blank tile.

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    RschuRschu ✭
    edited September 2016

    @WithinRafael said:
    That's a terrible idea and glad it's not supported. (Am frankly shocked to see such a want from IdentityMine.)

    I suspect if this was supported, you'd break screen readers, not behave correctly on font size/color changes (e.g. high contrast mode), be less legible than usual under Magnifier, and generally just make a mess of Start.

    I believe there are also cases where tile assets may be lazy loaded (or fail to load). In this case, we'd literally have a blank tile.

    Keep calm Rafael. It is not about the app list, just the pinned tile. I understand your concern there but no need to be aggressive. There's always a valid reason from a designer standpoint and also for brand identity. Not so much shocking. :D

    René Schulte | Director, Immersive Experiences | Microsoft MVP Windows Development
    www.identitymine.com | http://blog.rene-schulte.info

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    RschuRschu ✭
    edited September 2016

    @stephenhodgson said:
    @Rschu You said you had edited the string values in your applications Package.Appxmanifest Application or Packaging tabs, or did you edit the manifest xml directly?

    I edited the Package.Appxmanifest XML directly in the VS solution Unity generates. I was following the Appxmanifest docs on MSDN. No luck so far.

    René Schulte | Director, Immersive Experiences | Microsoft MVP Windows Development
    www.identitymine.com | http://blog.rene-schulte.info

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    WithinRafaelWithinRafael ✭

    The same comments above apply to the pinned tile.

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