I never have many windows (since they are spread out between multiple desktop) and I never click the taskbar icons (<Win> + <Number>
is more convenient for me), so I'd like to hide taskbar.
I don't want to activate auto-hide because I still want to see the clock and icons of currently opened windows at all times.
I think the best option would be to make the taskbar not fill the whole horizontal space but make it floating like this:
P.S. Yes, I am aware that this customization is not a part of the official functionality, so the use of 3rd party tools or deeper tweaking is expected.