Author: TheRealCisWhiteMale
- This taskbar theme is designed to be used in dark mode.
To achieve the full look, install and configure the following Windhawk mods in addition to Windows 11 Start Menu Styler:
- Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
TintedGlass theme for Windows 11 Taskbar Styler.
- Taskbar Clock Customization – for styling the clock. You will need to add your weather location if you have the desire to use that function and may need to change date formatting if you wish.
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ShowSeconds: 1
TimeFormat: HH':'mm':'ss
DateFormat: ddd',' dd MMM yyyy
WeekdayFormat: custom
WeekdayFormatCustom: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
TopLine: '%time%'
BottomLine: '%date%'
MiddleLine: '%weekday%'
TooltipLine: '%weather%'
TooltipLineMode: append
Width: 180
Height: 60
MaxWidth: 0
TextSpacing: -4
DataCollection:
NetworkMetricsFormat: mbs
NetworkMetricsFixedDecimals: -1
PercentageFormat: spacePaddingAndSymbol
UpdateInterval: 1
NetworkAdapterName: ''
GpuAdapterName: ''
MediaPlayer:
IgnoredPlayers:
- ''
MaxLength: 28
NoMediaText: No media
RemoveBrackets: 0
WebContentWeatherLocation: ''
WebContentWeatherFormat: '%c 🌡️%t 🌬️%w'
WebContentWeatherUnits: autoDetect
WebContentsItems:
- Url: https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml
BlockStart: <item>
Start: <title>
End: </title>
ContentMode: xmlHtml
SearchReplace:
- Search: ''
Replace: ''
MaxLength: 28
WebContentsUpdateInterval: 10
TimeZones:
- GMT Standard Time
TimeStyle:
Hidden: 0
TextColor: ''
TextAlignment: Right
FontSize: 16
FontFamily: ''
FontWeight: Medium
FontStyle: ''
FontStretch: ''
CharacterSpacing: 70
DateStyle:
Hidden: 0
TextColor: ''
TextAlignment: Right
FontSize: 12
FontFamily: ''
FontWeight: ''
FontStyle: ''
FontStretch: ''
CharacterSpacing: 0
oldTaskbarOnWin11: 0
DataCollectionUpdateInterval: 1- Taskbar Height and Icon Size
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TaskbarHeight: 40
IconSize: 32
TaskbarButtonWidth: 40
IconSizeSmall: 16
TaskbarButtonWidthSmall: 32- Taskbar Labels for Windows 11
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mode: labelsWithoutCombining
taskbarItemWidth: 0
runningIndicatorStyle: centerFixed
progressIndicatorStyle: sameAsRunningIndicatorStyle
excludedPrograms:
- excluded1.exe
minimumTaskbarItemWidth: 43
maximumTaskbarItemWidth: 300
fontSize: 13
fontFamily: ''
textTrimming: clip
leftAndRightPaddingSize: 6
spaceBetweenIconAndLabel: 6
runningIndicatorHeight: 0
runningIndicatorVerticalOffset: 0
alwaysShowThumbnailLabels: 0
labelForSingleItem: '%name%'
labelForMultipleItems: '[%amount%] %name%'- Windows 11 Notification Center Styler
TintedGlass theme for Windows 11 Notification Center Styler.
- Windows 11 File Explorer Styler
TintedGlass theme for Windows 11 File Explorer Styler.
- Translucent Windows
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RenderingMod:
ThemeBackground: 1
SysColors: 1
AccentColorControls: 1
TextAlphaBlend: 1
type: acrylicblur
AccentBlurBehind: '80000000'
FlyoutsEffects: 1
ImmersiveDarkTitle: 1
ExtendFrame: 1
CornerOption: smallround
RainbowSpeed: 1
TitlebarColor:
ColorTitlebar: 0
RainbowTitlebar: 0
titlerbarstyles_active: '0'
titlerbarstyles_inactive: '0'
TitlebarTextColor:
ColorTitlebarText: 0
RainbowTextColor: 0
titlerbarcolorstyles_active: FFFFFF
titlerbarcolorstyles_inactive: FFFFFF
BorderColor:
ColorBorder: 1
RainbowBorder: 0
borderstyles_active: '0'
borderstyles_inactive: '0'
MenuBorderColor: 1
RuledPrograms:
- target: notepad.exe
RenderingMod:
ThemeBackground: 0
AccentColorControls: 0
type: acrylicsystem
AccentBlurBehind: '80000000'
ImmersiveDarkTitle: 1
ExtendFrame: 0
CornerOption: smallround
RainbowSpeed: 1
TitlebarColor:
ColorTitlebar: 0
RainbowTitlebar: 0
titlerbarstyles_active: FF0000
titlerbarstyles_inactive: 00FFFF
TitlebarTextColor:
ColorTitlebarText: 0
RainbowTextColor: 0
titlerbarcolorstyles_active: FFFFFF
titlerbarcolorstyles_inactive: FFFFFF
BorderColor:
ColorBorder: 1
RainbowBorder: 0
borderstyles_active: '0'
borderstyles_inactive: '0'
- target: notepad++.exe
RenderingMod:
ThemeBackground: 0
AccentColorControls: 0
type: acrylicsystem
AccentBlurBehind: '80000000'
ImmersiveDarkTitle: 1
ExtendFrame: 0
CornerOption: smallround
RainbowSpeed: 1
TitlebarColor:
ColorTitlebar: 0
RainbowTitlebar: 0
titlerbarstyles_active: FF0000
titlerbarstyles_inactive: 00FFFF
TitlebarTextColor:
ColorTitlebarText: 0
RainbowTextColor: 0
titlerbarcolorstyles_active: FFFFFF
titlerbarcolorstyles_inactive: FFFFFF
BorderColor:
ColorBorder: 1
RainbowBorder: 0
borderstyles_active: '0'
borderstyles_inactive: '0'- Taskbar Background Helper
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backgroundStyle: blur
color:
red: 255
green: 127
blue: 39
accentColor: 0
transparency: 128
onlyWhenMaximized: 1
excludedPrograms:
- ''
styleForDarkMode:
use: 0
backgroundStyle: blur
color:
red: 255
green: 127
blue: 39
accentColor: 0
transparency: 128The theme is integrated into the mod and can be selected directly from the mod's settings:
- Open the Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod in Windhawk.
- Go to the "Settings" tab.
- Select the theme and save the settings.
The theme styles can also be imported manually. To do that, follow these steps:
- Open the Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod in Windhawk.
- Go to the "Settings" tab and select "Textual mode".
- Copy the content below to the text box and click "Save settings".
A variant for the redesigned Windows 11 Start menu that is slowly rolling out in the 25H2 update.
Content to import (click to expand)
styleConstants:
- CommonBgBrush=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="18" TintColor="#80000000"/>
controlStyles:
- target: Border#AcrylicBorder
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#AcrylicOverlay
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#BorderElement
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="18" TintColor="#1AFFFFFF"/>
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: MenuFlyoutPresenter > Border
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#22000000"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: Border#AppBorder
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#AccentAppBorder
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#LayerBorder
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#TaskbarSearchBackground
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15000000"/>
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#ContentBorder@CommonStates > Grid#DroppedFlickerWorkaroundWrapper > Border
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.2"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@Pressed:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush@Pressed:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- target: Button#ShowAllAppsButton > ContentPresenter@CommonStates
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15C0C0C0"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.5"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Border#BorderElement
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneButton#UserTileButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.2"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.5"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.8"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.AppListViewItem > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.45"/>
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.7"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- Margin@Normal=4
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneButton#PowerButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.45"/>
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.7"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- Margin@Normal=4
- target: ToolTip > ContentPresenter#LayoutRoot
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#22000000"/>
- target: Border#dropshadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- Margin=-1
- target: Border#StartDropShadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- Margin=-1
- target: Grid#TopLevelSuggestionsRoot
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: TextBlock#Text
styles:
- Foreground=White
- target: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.DropDownButton > Grid#RootGrid
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.6"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: Button > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.2"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.6"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: DropDownButton
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.2"/>
- target: Button#Header > Border#Border@CommonStates
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.6"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.8"/>
- target: StartMenu.FolderModal > Grid > Border
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.8"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: ListViewItem > Grid#ContentBorder@CommonStates
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.8"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.9"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- CornerRadius=5Content to import (click to expand)
styleConstants:
- CommonBgBrush=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="18" TintColor="#80000000"/>
controlStyles:
- target: Border#AcrylicBorder
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#AcrylicOverlay
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#BorderElement
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="18" TintColor="#1AFFFFFF"/>
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Grid#ShowMoreSuggestions
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Grid#SuggestionsParentContainer
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Grid#TopLevelSuggestionsListHeader
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartMenu.PinnedList
styles:
- Height=504
- target: MenuFlyoutPresenter > Border
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#00000000"/>
- BorderThickness=0
- target: Border#AppBorder
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#AccentAppBorder
styles:
- Background:=$CommonBgBrush
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#TaskbarSearchBackground
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15000000"/>
- BorderThickness=0
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#ContentBorder@CommonStates > Grid#DroppedFlickerWorkaroundWrapper > Border
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="0" Opacity="0.2"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- Margin=1
- Background@Pressed:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush@Pressed:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- target: Button#ShowAllAppsButton > ContentPresenter@CommonStates
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15000000"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.5"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid > Border#BorderElement
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneButton#UserTileButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="0" Opacity="0.2"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.5"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.8"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.AppListViewItem > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.45"/>
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.7"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- Margin@Normal=4
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneButton#PowerButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.45"/>
- BorderBrush:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.7"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- Margin@Normal=4
- target: ToolTip > ContentPresenter#LayoutRoot
styles:
- Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15000000"/>
- target: StartDocked.AllAppsGridListViewItem > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.8"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.55"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: Button#CloseAllAppsButton > ContentPresenter@CommonStates
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15000000"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.5"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.AllAppsZoomListViewItem > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="0" Opacity="0.2"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.3"/>
- BorderBrush@PointerOver:=<RevealBorderBrush Color="Transparent" TargetTheme="1" Opacity="0.6"/>
- target: Border#dropshadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- Margin=-1
- target: Border#DropShadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#StartDropShadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#RootGridDropShadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- target: Border#RightCompanionDropShadow
styles:
- CornerRadius=14
- target: StartDocked.AllAppsGridListViewItem > Grid#ContentBorder@CommonStates
styles:
- Background@PointerOver:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="25" TintColor="#15C0C0C0"/>
- CornerRadius=14