TranslucentTB
Makes the Windows taskbar transparent, blurred or tinted, and changes it depending on what is on screen.
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About TranslucentTB
TranslucentTB does one thing well: it restyles the taskbar. Choose clear, tinted, blurred or acrylic, pick a colour with a live preview, and it uses a few megabytes of memory and almost no processor time doing it.
The dynamic modes are what make it more than a novelty. The taskbar can look one way normally and another when a window is open, when a window is maximised, when the Start menu is showing, when search is open, or when Task View is up, each with its own colour.
Strengths
- Clear, tinted, blurred and acrylic taskbar styles with a colour picker
- Dynamic modes that change the taskbar based on what is on screen
- Uses a few megabytes of memory and almost no processor time
- Free on the Microsoft Store, plus portable ZIP builds
Limitations
- Windows 10 and 11 only
- Blur mode only works on Windows 10 and Windows 11 build 22000
- Windows feature updates occasionally break it until a new release
- Cosmetic only; it changes nothing about how the taskbar works
Details
- Pricing
- Free · Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. The Microsoft Store listing is free.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- TranslucentTB
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Making the Windows taskbar disappear into the wallpaper
- Categories
- Window management
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Window & Display); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
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