WindowsGlass

Note

Let me say right away that I'm neither a programmer nor a designer. I simply liked this design and decided to tweak it a bit to suit my tastes. I'd be grateful for any help or advice. This is still a work in progress (I do this in my free time and whenever I feel like it)

Also thanks to @x3phyy for this and other improvements that I'm using

Important

The start menu theme ONLY supports 16:9 or 16:10 screen reolutions with a DPI of 100% (Tested on 1920x1080 and 1920x1200). Using it on anything else will result in overlapping elements. There is a minimal variation included of which should support most resolutions regardless of DPI.

If you'd like to help, I'd be grateful! Below will be written the current problems that I want to solve in the future or I am unable to solve them. You can find a changelog with all of our current changes here.

To-Do

Tweaks and adjusments that I am looking into and want to get done in future updates.

Start Menu

1. Properly fit the navigattion tray on the far right without causing the start menu to have a cutoff.
   • Center the Account and the Power buttons for symmetry
   • Adjust the start menu content and scroll container height to extend further down to be flush with the rest of the start menu.
2. Adjust the blur radius for imrpoved visual clarity.

Taskbar

1. Change the tray background from the standard one to WindowGlass
2. Add seperate start button images for each start button state. (preferably one that looks more like a frosted glass w11 start button to match the glass ui a bit more)
   • Normal State: A grey-scaled (preferably frosted glass) version of the default Windows 11 start button's normal image.
   • Pointer Over State: A grey-scaled (preferably frosted glass) version default start button's pointer over image.
   • Pressed State: A grey-scaled (preferably frosted glass) version default start button's pressed image.
3. Remove the gray border around folder thumbnails in the pinned apps section.
4. Adjust the blur radius for imrpoved visual clarity.

Notifications Center

1. Change the color of the buttons when it is off, icons and the text underneath them to gray for better readability
2. Adjust the blur radius for imrpoved visual clarity.

Manual installation

The theme styles must be imported manually for now due to the official version needing a large amount of fixes. To do that, follow these steps.

Preperation

• Install the Vivo Sans En VF and Vivo Sans Clock Stencil fonts.
• Download the w11-grey.png file and place it into C:\Resources\Icons\Start Orbs\. (If the location doesn`t exist, create it.)

Start Menu

• Open the Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod in Windhawk.
• Go to the Advanced tab.
• Add LockApp.exe to the Custom process inclusion list.
• Return to the Settings tab and click the Textual button.
• Copy the contents of the start menu default.yml file to the text box under Mod settings and click Save.

Minimal Start Menu

This theme also includes a minimal version of the Start menu with the Phone Link companion removed.

• Open the Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod in Windhawk.
• Go to the Settings tab and click the Textual button.
• Copy the contents of the start menu minimal.yml file to the text box under Mod settings and click Save.

Taskbar

• Open the Windows 11 Taskbar Styler mod in Windhawk.
• Go to the Settings tab and click the Textual button.
• Copy the contents of the taskbar.yml file to the text box under Mod settings and click Save.

Notification Center

• Open the Windows 11 Notification Center Styler mod in Windhawk.
• Go to the Settings tab and click the Textual button.
• Copy the contents of the notification center.yml file to the text box under Mod settings and click Save.