TranslucentTB for Windows
TranslucentTB is a lightweight software for a windows taskbar advanced customize. Using TranslucentTB you can easily apply to transparency look your taskbar.
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TranslucentTB Features
- Advanced color picker supporting alpha and live preview to change the taskbar's color.
- Taskbar states (choose one - color can be customized on every state except Normal):
- Normal: Regular Windows style. (as if TranslucentTB was not running)
- Opaque: Tinted taskbar, without transparency.
- Clear: Tinted taskbar.
- Blur: Will make the taskbar slightly blurred.
- Acrylic: Will give the taskbar an appearance similar to Microsoft's Fluent Design guidelines.
- Dynamic modes (these can be used together and each of them provides a taskbar state and color you can customize):
- Dynamic Windows: Will change the taskbar to a different appearance if a window is currently maximized or visible.
- Dynamic Start Menu: Will change the taskbar appearance when the start menu is opened.
- Dynamic Cortana: Will change the taskbar appearance when Cortana (or the search menu if Cortana is disabled) is open.
- Dynamic Timeline: Will change the taskbar appearance when the Timeline is open.
- Ability to show or hide the Aero Peek button depending on the currently active dynamic mode.
License
Open Source
Developer
TRANSLUCENTTB
Requirements
Windows 10/ 11
Version
2022.1
Size
1 MB
Updated
December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022
Improvements and Bug fixes.
- Fix battery saver mode being active despite the user having disabled it.
- Made some changes that should significantly help with TranslucentTB not working after the computer resumes from sleep or when a display is unplugged or plugged in.
- Fix poor tray icon contrast in high contrast modes like "Desert".
- Hide empty document errors when the configuration file is empty.
- Fix tray icon turning blurry when the system DPI changes.
- Fix search opened and Start opened states on Windows 11.
- Allow blur to be picked again on Windows 11 RTM when KB5006746 is installed.
- Remove blur on Windows 11 SV2. This feature has been removed from the OS by Microsoft. It's likely not coming back.
- When blur is not available on the user's system, automatically upgrade them to acrylic.
- Enable XAML context menu on Windows 10 build 19041-19045 if KB5007253 is installed.
Oct 08, 2021
Improvements and Bug fixes.
- Add battery saver state, disabled by default
- Fix error message being missing in logs when US English locale is missing
- Fix acrylic being broken on Windows 11
- Fix crash when a second instance is launched
- Restore blur option on Windows 11 build 22449 and higher
- Update to stable release of WinUI 2.7, reducing download size tenfold.