Windows 10: Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds

Discus and support Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Sometimes people ask about translucent titlebars and borders. Ive just discovered Stardocks Curtains, which came out in 2020. This changes the title... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by dalchina, Apr 12, 2021.

  1. DALCHINA
    dalchina Win User

    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds


    Sometimes people ask about translucent titlebars and borders. Ive just discovered Stardocks Curtains, which came out in 2020.

    This changes the title bar, buttons and border for most windows. Theres a reasonable range of ready-made ones available, with more downloadable and on sites like Wincustomize.
    Here it is with one of many available skin options, one which has reasonable button design, slightly rounded corners, and a degree of transparency. The transparency is both an option and slightly adjustable by changing the saturation of the colour chosen. Both a range of colours and the full colour picker is available for the title bar and border.

    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds [​IMG]


    Heres Groove:


    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds [​IMG]

    Aeroglass vs Curtains
    Not everyones happy with the simple square frames and lack of transparency that comes as standard. Ive been using Aeroglass, which functions not as a skin but with existing Windows features. Unfortunately its not been updated for well over a year a new version is needed at least for each major Windows Build, and was last compatible with a particular build of 1903 and I believe of 1909, so had to look for a change.
    Curtains notes
    Resource use, it runs a service and a process, taking around 1Mb of RAM.

    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds [​IMG]


    Price: For US customers its $10.99, but 9.99 in the UK, which makes it more expensive here. To get the US price, use a US proxy using a browser without the sites cookie set. 30 day trial.

    Inactive vs active: Unfortunately it seems theres no difference in the title bar colour, but the buttons and text in the inactive window are dimmer.
    Works well with Firefox and Thunderbird, not applicable to Chrome. Ok with old Edge, not tried Edge Chromium.
    Unlike the more comprehensive WindowBlinds, Curtains does not allow the scrollbar to be modified, which some would like.


    Border Width
    Winaeros free tweaker includes a convenient option for setting the border padding and width.

    Options:

    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds [​IMG]

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    dalchina, Apr 12, 2021
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  2. STARKER
    Starker Win User

    Title Bar and Border Color for High Contrast

    I have High Contrast enabled in Win10. The active title bar and borders are purple while the inactive title bar and border is dark blue. Can this be changed?
     
    Starker, Apr 12, 2021
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  3. DJC
    djc Win User
    Title Bar wont change


    Understand that default Title Bar in Windows 10 is white, However when I click on themes (which shows various title
    bar/window borders colors (or Shades) my Title Bar stays completely white. Can anyone understand my questions & have any suggestions?
     
    djc, Apr 12, 2021
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  4. EDWIN
    Edwin Win User

    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds

    Title Bar and Border Color for High Contrast

    Yes...


    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds [​IMG]


    Add Personalize (classic) context menu in Windows 10


    Title bar and border- translucency and style in current builds [​IMG]
     
    Edwin, Apr 12, 2021
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