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Implement more taskbar customization features with FalconX as a PowerToy #988

Open bdbch opened 4 years ago

bdbch commented 4 years ago

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

This feature would help users to have more customization options for their taskbars without any dangerous registry editing tools etc. It allows users to position their taskbar icons in the center of the taskbar similar to the dock approach on other OS.

It also allows the user to customize the look and feel of the taskbar's background with options like transparent background, blurred background or acrylic background.

This will bring a lot of joy to some group of users who always look for more ways to customize their desktop experience.

See here:

Direct link: https://chrisandriessen.nl/web/FalconX.html
Store link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/falconx-center-taskbar/9pcmz6bxk8gh?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

I don't know how big of a problem the paid Store release is since the actual tool is open source.

Thanks a lot already

Examples:

Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo

PaulHellweg commented 4 years ago

This would be amazing! Using it on my Machine.

Efreak commented 4 years ago

More taskbar control in general would also be useful.

Have a two-line clock on my second status bar (time on primary monitor, time+date on secondary); DisplayFusion allows this
ability to pin different icons to different taskbars. (DisplayFusion has this)
Move icons pinned on secondary taskbar monitor to the opposite end (ie, left-pinned on primary, right-pinned on secondary)
Resize/reshape the tray overflow menu (make it short and wide, not square)
Make the tray overflow menu ALWAYS show up on top of other items. Yes, I mean that notifications/toasts from other windows should not be able to pop up on top of it, especially not when it has mouse focus.
Reduce the width of icons pinned to the taskbar when the corresponding application is closed
- opened applications are wide like usual, but closed applications should be as close together as tray icons currently are

8ar10der commented 4 years ago

I like the idea and I use two another open-source plugin to custom my taskbar now. One is CenterTaskbar. The project is here https://github.com/mdhiggins/CenterTaskbar, the project is a .net framework project. I really hope this function can be added into the powertoys I don't know anything about .net or I will try to make a PR :)

Another one is taskbar translucent, here https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB it still a opensource project.

ericpa06 commented 4 years ago

THIS! Also, I would vote for adding an option to open pinned item with a double click instead one (to avoid accidental clicks)

Jay-o-Way commented 3 years ago

See https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/6433#issuecomment-689183842

Jay-o-Way commented 1 year ago

Hey all, just popping in a (admittingly general) comment here. Just came across a video of Thio Joe where he quickly shows a number of apps, regarding tweaking Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7lykL7ZELQ Not promising everything for this issue, but the Stardock app is interesting! :)