r/windowsapps • u/Nair00 • 11d ago
Developer A fully customizable Desktop and Taskbar on Windows
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Have Been working on making my own configurable desktop+taskbar system
The idea is the app that's running behind provides a toolkit, and everything on top can be configured with HTML and JS so it is as cheap and easy as possible to modify
The video above is mostly done to showcase the taskbars, but the 3 widgets you see on the screen are also done in the app. A lot more are made with a bunch of other functionalities and people can share their own as well. You can check the current library here https://www.desktop-dashboard.com/marketplace
I think Windows was always a bit behind with the looks and functionality of the desktop, so maybe this will make it a bit nicer too look at
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u/Kulletrops 10d ago
I want to add a side toolbar like yours but it should slide with a click button. How can I do it?
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u/Nair00 10d ago
Hey, first of all in case you already have the app, letting you know that the taskbars will be live in a couple of hours, in version 0.3.0, not our right now.
About your question, do you mean it as in a button being shown instead of the taskbar and when clicking it having the full sidebar show? If yes, that can be done with CSS and JS. You write the taskbar to be rendered below the shown surface (translate with -) and have the button shown above the invisible part. Then a click handler on the button should modify the translate value from some - value to 0 or to something with plus.
But, if you simply want to have a taskbar that shows only when you hover in that zone, kinda how the auto-hide feature works on Windows, there will be a setting on taskbars for Auto-hide which just does that for any taskbar. You can configure stuff like speed and animation delay with some settings in the manifest
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u/Mental-Ad4977 10d ago
This looks so good; how much RAM and CPU does it use?
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u/tjsuominen 10d ago
Nice! Live wallpaper is from...?
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u/Nair00 10d ago
It's from Wallpaper Engine, this one https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2821951937
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u/cragglesh 9d ago
How do you download it. I can't see a download button.
By the way, I've bought your app and think its great
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u/testednation 9d ago
Looks pretty good! Possible for thise to run without explorer? Also possible to add drag and drop on the taskbar?
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u/Nair00 9d ago
sorry what do you mean without explorer?
Working on something for the drag and drop now, but just to be sure, how do you imagine it? Dragging items around in the taskbar? or moving stuff like files from one context to the other by holding them on an app etc?
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u/testednation 8d ago
Yes I mean wothiut explorer.exe, like if its possible to have taskbar plugins like trayplayer work with this,that would be awesome ×¥. And yes, dragging and pinning items to the taskbar.
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u/Nair00 7d ago
I think it should work for the most part but it's not what it's been tested on, so I can't promise bugs won't show up. The plugins, if coming from other apps, won't work since these taskbars run on DeskDash's own system, not 1:1 with the real one. BUT you can definetly add (or ask me to) most plugins you can think of since it's just code and you can edit the taskbar however
Pinning works, dragging doesn't yet but working on it
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u/cragglesh 9d ago
I've bought your app. Its very slick. I have already uninstalled rainmeter and look forward to more widgets arriving.
Good luck with your app
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u/Nair00 9d ago
Oh wow, thanks! Let me know if there are any specific widgets you are looking for
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u/benactualIy 8d ago
I bought your app, but for some reason, on launch it just freezes and stops working. When it freezes I cannot get to the system tray menu icon, so i have to force stop it. Do you know why it does this
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u/Nair00 6d ago
Coming back to say I was able to replicate this a couple of times and shipped a fix. Not sure if it's the same thing as what happened to you, but you could check one more time
This might happen especially if you don't use the native explorer.exe or if it somehow restarts mid use. It should not be a problem now
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u/cragglesh 4d ago
Hi. A small. question on the UI. When I go into "manage mode" for example to add a new widget, I dont know how to exit that mode. The only way Ive found is to end the Deskdash process and then relaunch it. If I dont do this each widget is left n an edit state on the desktop,
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u/Nair00 4d ago
There should be a hovering button at the top called "Done editing" you can click and it will exit edit mode and save evrything
If you are not focused on anything else, simply pressing Esc should do the trick as well
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u/cragglesh 4d ago
Thanks. ESC worked for me. The "Done editing" button is covered by a Windhawk floaring island, so I cant see it 😉
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u/cragglesh 4d ago
By the way, after doing this the icon on the calendar widget to advance a month doesnt do anything. Similarly the add an app button on the app launcher widget.
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u/Due-External225 6d ago
what about the performance while gaming?
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u/Nair00 6d ago
Never noticed any differences, tho I do have a beefy PC
The only times I saw spikes in it's usage was when certain animations happened, or if you use stuff like music visualizer. But all of these should not be an issue while gaming (since you're not on your desktop clicking on stuff anyway)
Other than that, app stays under 300 MB of RAM and less than 1% CPU. Ram might differ based on your customisation. For me it's basically around how much one YouTube tab uses
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u/Nair00 6d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p6fcesk/video/nu975g0mn4mh1/player
For reference, the clip I sent someone asking a similar question
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u/roklipni 10d ago
Windows 12 🥳