win-gnome

Video demo: https://imgur.com/jhKuohZ

Hotcorner + hides taskbar when not active. Written in Rust. Replicates gnome-shell behavior for Windows 10, but with a few differences:

• By default, the hot corner opens the start menu and taskbar, not the window selector. This is because my preference is for the search, as opposed to the window selector. To use the window selector instead, run with the --selector argument
• Hides taskbar when not in focus, and is meant to be used with auto-hide. The hot corner is not active while the taskbar is open. This is because in Windows 10, the entire taskbar acts like a hotcorner; is easy to accidentally activate and steals precious display space.

Installation & Removal

1. Download win-gnome.zip at https://github.com/x0a/win-gnome/releases
2. Extract to directory
3. Run install.ps1 with powershell

Uninstallation can be done with uninstall.ps1

Best use

Taskbar Settings

Right-click Taskbar -> Taskbar Settings -> Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode

Required. Frees up display real estate. win-gnome will hide the taskbar until you activate the hot corner or open the start menu. Hot corner is not active when the taskbar or start menu is in use.

Performance Options

Start Menu -> "adjust performance" -> Uncheck "Fade or slide menus into view"

Reduces delay between leaving the start menu and the taskbar being hidden.

Options

Sensitivity

You can reduce the sensitivity as a percentage with the sensitivity=x argument. Example:

./win-gnome --sensitivity=50

This would reduce the sensitivity to 50% (50% smaller hitmarker from the start button's usual size)

Troubleshooting

Taskbar sometimes doesn't hide

Seems to be a bug with Windows 10.

Easy fix is to open a small program like Notepad from the Start Menu, you can close the program afterwards.