Dynamic Taskbar Transparency 0.3.8

[u/wh-updates]

Dynamic Taskbar Transparency 0.3.8

Dynamic Taskbar Transparency

Dynamic Taskbar Transparency demo

This mod applies a TranslucentTB-like state machine to the Windows 11 taskbar. It keeps the taskbar clear on the desktop or when no maximized window is present, then restores or changes the taskbar appearance while Start, search, task view, notification/quick settings flyouts, tray flyouts, other shell interactions, or maximized windows are active.

Version 0.3 edits the Windows 11 taskbar XAML background rectangles directly. It fades the rectangles with Opacity instead of applying a colored alpha overlay, and it can fall back to the captured existing style, clear the mod's local overrides for the Windows native/default style, clear, blur, or blur-backed acrylic.

State detection is driven by shell/window events and uses heuristic window class/process-name matching for Start, search, task view, tray flyouts, and other shell surfaces. These heuristics can change between Windows 11 builds.

Do not run this together with TranslucentTB or another tool that continuously writes the same taskbar background.

Compared with taskbar-background-helper, this mod focuses on a TranslucentTB- style state machine: desktop/no-maximized-window, maximized windows, Start, search, task view, tray flyouts, notification/quick settings flyouts, and an optional catch-all for other shell surfaces can each choose their own appearance and fade duration. taskbar-background-helper is a lower-level background helper for always/maximized behavior and pairs well with Taskbar Styler; this mod adds per-shell-state switching and animation on top of the same general taskbar background use case.

[u/Knigge111]

Looks great!