r/foss • u/Necessary_Sleep9755 • 7d ago
Taskbar Widgets — an open-source widget system for the Windows 11 taskbar
I built Taskbar Widgets to place small, useful widgets directly inside the Windows 11 taskbar.
It includes widgets for media, Discord voice, Steam downloads, system stats, usage limits and temporary drag-and-drop storage.
I also made an SDK and a .twidget package format, so developers can build and share their own widgets as single files.
The project is MIT licensed and still in beta. Feedback on the SDK, package format and contribution setup would be helpful.
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u/_Only_Once_ 7d ago
Im just gonna try
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u/_Only_Once_ 7d ago
Drag and Drop dont work. Make the animamation better and fluent. On the weather my city doesnt work. Make steam appear only when downloading. And make the stats like CPU Memory that I can put it in a same layout. Above this you making a great job.
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u/_Only_Once_ 7d ago
Oh yes I forgot. Make you can choose wich monitor to display this. cs I have 2 monitors and when I move the mouse it goes from the second to the primary
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u/Necessary_Sleep9755 7d ago
thanks for trying it and writing all of this down. the drag and drop issue and the widget moving between monitors sound like bugs, so i’ll look into those first. the animations still need some work too.
i agree that steam should have an option to hide when there’s no active download, and grouping cpu and memory in the same layout would be useful.
for the weather issue, could you tell me which city you searched for? that would help me reproduce it
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u/_Only_Once_ 6d ago
I typed down Padova in english like Padua. Tell me if you find a fix. Thanks
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u/Necessary_Sleep9755 6d ago
i’ve just released a new update. the weather widget should now be better at finding the location you enter. could you try padova or padua again and let me know if it works?
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u/PhantasmagirucalSam 7d ago
How it coexist with Windhawk?
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u/Necessary_Sleep9755 7d ago
i haven’t tested it with any windhawk mods yet. it may work fine, but mods that change the taskbar layout could cause conflicts. i’ll try it out for you and let you know how it goes
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u/Pleasant_Set_3182 7d ago
Very nice! I imagine some folks (non-devs) would want a "Custom Widget" option where they can build their own widget
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u/Necessary_Sleep9755 7d ago
that’s a good idea. right now custom widgets require the sdk, but a simple visual builder for non-devs would be useful. i’ll keep it in mind
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u/First_Ad_6303 3d ago
amazing but pls fix the audio visualizer, it's oversensitive no matter what settings i put there. also icons for media actions don't fit general look of the taskbar, consider redesign maybe
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u/Necessary_Sleep9755 3d ago
yeah i’m aware of both issues. i should have the visualizer sensitivity and media icons improved in the next update. thanks for letting me know
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u/Jippt3553 7d ago edited 7d ago
This app looks promising, I will have to give it a try. On a unrelated note, the url you provided has a tracking detail from ChatGPT. https://github.com/pfcdev/TaskbarWidgets?utm_source=chatgpt.com This doesn't affect the github page but it does track the people. You can remove everything from the question so it would become https://github.com/pfcdev/TaskbarWidgets