tarik02 / modernflyouts

A modern Fluent Design replacement for the old Metro themed flyouts present in Windows since Windows 8

ModernFlyouts

A modern Fluent Design replacement for the old Metro themed flyouts present in Windows since Windows 8

Overview | Features | System Requirements | Installation | Screenshots

Overview

Default Flyout | ModernFlyouts

This application aims to provide a Fluent Design System based replacement for the old, built-in, Metro Design based Audio/Airplane mode/Brightness flyouts present in Windows (they are not updated since Windows 8 LOL) which are shown while pressing the media or volume keys or even the brightness keys (may be absent on Desktop PCs) or when airplane/flight mode is toggled.

This project has its roots in AudioFlyout by @ADeltaX with additional implementations for "Airplane mode", "Brightness" and "LockKeys" (includes Insert key, Caps, Num & Scroll lock keys) flyouts. This project stands as a complete replacement for the built-in one.

Note : The built-in flyout will not be permanently affected. It will be hidden temporarily while this application is running. So, no reason to fear breaking your system. For more information on how to recover the original flyouts, check out this How To page.

Users are provided the freedom to choose between the Windows built-in flyouts or modern flyouts from ModernFlyouts or neither of them.

It is impossible to have a flyout for the keyboard backlight brightness or for the function (Fn) key because they are not passed as keys but as hardware signals (which the OEMs decide). Any OS can receive those signals if they have the required driver.

Please check out the Wiki for additional information, guides and how-tos.

Features

• Fluent UI (similar to Windows 10X).
• Supports Light, Dark & High contrast themes.
• Media session controls have additional options such as Shuffle, Repeat, Stop and Timeline Info
• Redesigned audio and brightness flyouts along with additional flyouts for Airplane mode, Lock keys and Insert/Overtype
• Each module can be disabled individually.
• Flyout's TopBar can be pinned, unpinned or hidden.
• Flyout is Draggable and autosaves the position. It also has feature for default position. (Check out the settings)
• Smooth Animations & Transitions
• Opacity of the background of flyouts can be changed
• Timeout of flyouts can be changed

System Requirements

• Windows 10 1809 and above (older versions such as v0.3 and below supports Windows downlevel to Windows 8, however v0.4 and above won't)

Installation

Modern Flyouts is available for you to install via GitHub, winget and the Microsoft Store.

All the distribution methods mentioned above are supported, however installing the app from the Microsoft Store is recommended as it is easier to install and will automatically remain up to date.

Microsoft Store:

You can sign up here for Beta Builds of ModernFlyouts which will include new experimental features

GitHub:

1. Go to the latest release on the Releases page.
2. Download the latest *.msix file from the assets.
3. Install the downloaded *.msix file and launch the app from the Start Menu.

winget:

please note that due to how winget processes package updates, updates may take longer to be released to winget

winget install --id=ModernFlyouts.ModernFlyouts -e

NOTES

Credits

First of all, we must thank our good friend @ADeltaX for one of his marvelous works "AudioFlyout". Since the project was stale for a while and it lacked support for brightness and airplane mode flyouts, this project was born. He not only let us use his source code but also helped us improve this app. And he still supports us 😄. I must admit that this project wouldn't be here how it is without @ADeltaX. Our heartful thanks to him (and our contributors too obviously 😅) ❤.

Our Team

• @ShankarBUS.
• @Samuel12321 - co-maintainer/co-owner of this repository and application publisher (including Microsoft Store).

Our Contributors 💗💕

Code:

• yume-chan - Found and fixed an important bug which we couldn't even identify 😅 #113.

Translators (sorted old to new):

• yukiokun057 - Russian translator (сука блять).
• knurzl - German translator.
• lucasskluser - Portuguese translator.
• Stealnoob - French translator.
• imgradeone - Chinese (Simplified) translator.
• sewerynkalemba - Polish translators.
• ArmasF31 - German translator.

Others:

• Cyberdroid1 - Wiki.

Dependencies and References

• NAudio
• ModernWpf (Inspired the name ModernFlyouts)
• Hardcodet.NotifyIcon.Wpf

Screenshots

Coming back soon 😅.