More windows bars

Unlike Mica, Windows Aero Glass was more resource-intensive, but it also looked great and it worked without any issues on modern PCs. The redesign is being made in alignment with the Windows 11 release and it looks like Office apps are finally getting support for Mica, which will apply to the background.

Microsoft announced the redesign of Office UI based on user feedback, but the Mica background effect was not added to the apps. As we noted above, Mica elements will not come at the cost of performance and you can expect additional WinUI performance improvements in Windows Latest. Windows Windows 11 Defender to get a massive overhaul with Android, iOS,…. In addition, you can also customize the title bar color of inactive windows. Then click the Current color box to open a palette and choose an inactive window title bar color from there.

The title bar has just the three buttons to minimize , maximize and restore windows. However, you can add new buttons to the window title bars in Windows 10 with the eXtra Buttons software. Run through the setup to add the utility to Windows and launch it.

The three new buttons on the title bar are Always on top , Send to tray and Bookmarks. Those three buttons alone are a handy addition to the title bar. The Always on top pin button keeps the active window on top of all the others when you press it. Press the Send to tray button to minimize the window to the system tray as shown in the shot below. Or you can press the Bookmarks button to add the current software window to a list of bookmarks that you can open it from for quicker access.

However, you can also add more new buttons to the title bar by clicking the eXtra Buttons icon in the system tray. That will open the window shown below where you can select Buttons Set on the left.

Then you can add more buttons to the toolbar by selecting them from the Available buttons list and pressing the Add button. Click Apply and OK to confirm the selections and close the window. For example, one of the new buttons you can add to the title bar is Transparency. When you click that button, it adds a transparency effect to the active window as below.

To configure the transparency effect, click Transparency on the left of the eXtra Buttons window. Then you can drag the Default transparency level bar further left and right. Full screen is another button you can add to the title bar.

This is not entirely the same as the Maximize button on the title bar as pressing it also expands the window over the taskbar. Thus, the button expands the window a little more. The software adds most of the options to the context menu automatically.

So right-click a window title bar to open the context menu shown below and select one of the button options from there. Then you can select an option in the Available items list and press Add to include it in Selected items. Alternatively, click one of the Selected items on the right and press the Remove button to erase it from the context menu. So with Winaero Tweaker and eXtra Buttons you can transform the title bar in Windows 10 with new fonts, colors, formatted text and some extra buttons.

The new buttons certainly give you some handy window options.