PowerToolbar

A modern Windows toolbar application that provides quick access to window management functions. PowerToolbar appears above the active window and offers a sleek, animated interface for common window operations.

Screenshots

Full Toolbar:

Minimized Toolbar:

Features

• Window Management: Quick access to essential window controls

  • ✖ Close Window
  • ⛶ Toggle Fullscreen
  • — Minimize Window
  • ✯ Toggle Always On Top
  • ◎ Center Window
  • ☠ Kill All Processes (by process name)

• Modern UI:

  • Rounded corners with smooth animations
  • Dark theme with customizable button colors
  • Tooltips with hover effects
  • Layered window with transparency

• System Tray Integration:

  • Minimize to system tray
  • Right-click context menu
  • Double-click to restore

• Smart Positioning:

  • Automatically positions above the active window
  • Minimized toolbar mode for quick access
  • Smooth animations when showing/hiding

Requirements

• Windows 10 or later
• Visual Studio 2019 or later (for building from source)
• Windows SDK 10.0

Building

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Axinomyus/windows-toolbar.git
   cd windows-toolbar

2. Open windows-toolbar/windows-toolbar.sln in Visual Studio

3. Build the solution (Debug or Release configuration)

4. The executable will be in windows-toolbar/x64/Debug/ or windows-toolbar/x64/Release/

Usage

1. Run windows-toolbar.exe
2. The toolbar will automatically appear above the active window
3. Click any button to perform the corresponding action
4. Right-click the toolbar or use the minimize button to send it to the system tray
5. Double-click the system tray icon to restore the toolbar

Project Structure

windows-toolbar/
├── windows-toolbar/
│   ├── main.cpp              # Application entry point
│   ├── Button.cpp/h          # Button window procedure
│   ├── Constants.h           # UI constants and colors
│   ├── Drawing.cpp/h         # Drawing and rendering functions
│   ├── Globals.cpp/h         # Global variables and button definitions
│   ├── SystemTray.cpp/h      # System tray icon management
│   ├── Toolbar.cpp/h         # Toolbar positioning and animation
│   ├── Tooltip.cpp/h         # Custom tooltip implementation
│   ├── Types.h               # Type definitions
│   ├── WindowOperations.cpp/h # Window manipulation functions
│   ├── resource.h            # Resource definitions
│   ├── windows-toolbar.rc    # Resource file
│   └── toolbar.ico           # Application icon
└── LICENSE                   # MIT License

Configuration

The toolbar appearance and behavior can be customized by modifying constants in Constants.h:

• Layout: Gap, toolbar height, button dimensions, corner radius
• Colors: Background, card, primary, and button colors
• Animation: Duration and easing functions
• Tooltips: Delay timing

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Author

Axinomyus

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Note: This application requires administrator privileges for some operations (like killing processes). Make sure to run with appropriate permissions if needed.