Feature request: Customize taskbar icon per vault

I open multiple vaults with Obsidian on the same computer. When I look at these running instances of Obsidian in the taskbar, it’s difficult to tell them apart, especially since the (usually long) name of the current note appears before the vault name.

If I could set a different taskbar icon per vault, it’ll be very easy and convenient for me to visually understand which vault is open in which instance.

What do you think?

Thanks,
Ram.

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There is the Accent Color option in Appearance section of Obsidian Settings. It would be nice, if this Color used to Obsidian icon in all places, where it appears, including taskbar. (Let the icon itself remain the same, only its color changes).

Since Accent Color is per-vault setting, this will satisfy your request.

I tried the Accent Color now and it’s nice, thank you. I do still want the taskbar color to change as well, either according to that accent color or by setting a custom icon.

Yes, this would be highly useful when you have multiple vaults open. The “Accent Color option in Appearance section” (@Andr) does NOT change anything in the taskbar for me.

Different icons would be optimal, but a maybe easier to implement change would be to have an option to display the vault name first in the taskbar instead of the current note’s name.

I have the same request. It is very handy that a separate icon for each vault on the taskbar when using multiple vaults concurrently.

So, I created utility tools as a workaround for this topic until officially implement this feature. A little bit unshapely, but works for me as a workaround.

AppUserModelID Stopgap Tools

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Wow, cool, thank you very much! This works for all apps, right? That is more than a workaround. This is very handy to have in the toolbox for Windows for all apps.

This works for all apps, right?

Yes, the mechanism of this tool works with all apps if you have identified the target window title or the process ID of the target window belongs to. But I tested with Obsidian and VS Code only.

Essentially, the window grouping is managed by the app itself (AppUserModelIDs managed by the app itself). This tool change it from externally, so, that is unorthodox way.

Thanks a lot for the tool!
I’d just like to add that if anyone is unsure about what to use as icons for different vaults, Obsidian has provided a way to quickly customize the icon by changing its color at the bottom of this page, which allows you to quickly grab a set of different colored Obsidian icons for each of your vaults.