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TaskTune

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A configurable Windhawk media player embedded in the Windows 11 taskbar, with media-session controls, per-app volume, audio-only application support and an optional spectrum visualizer.

  • cpp
  • windows
  • windhawk
  • winrt
  • audio
epic
Windhawk Mods
owner
Amr El-Sheraey
source
project-graphite/windhawk-mods ↗
project page
/epics/windhawk-mods/tasktune

releases · 5

v2.4.0 — Immediate clicks and safer threading

Clicks act immediately now that the double-click launch is gone, the context menu's Open media app entry starts a configured app when nothing is playing, and media-session calls can no longer deadlock the taskbar.

added

  • When no media session or matching window exists, the context menu's Open media app runs the App opened from the context menu command, Spotify by default, keeping previously saved commands6dc3fbf · AmrMsCLL

fixed

  • The taskbar can no longer deadlock while TaskTune attaches, detaches or releases media sessions4dd2daa · AmrMsCLL
  • Settings reload on the taskbar thread, so a settings change no longer races click and pointer handlersdaf9373 · AmrMsCLL

removed

  • Double-click click types, the App opened by double-click setting and the single-click delay, so every click acts immediately; saved double-click entries are no longer read3ca9684 · AmrMsCLL
  • Open media app as a configurable click action; the context menu entry remains87b9f9f · AmrMsCLL

v2.3.1 — Scrolling text width

Scrolling text uses the player's full width again when the visualizer sits on the left.

fixed

  • Scrolling text is no longer clamped to about the album-art width when a left visualizer and a maximum player width are set43cc5a8 · AmrMsCLL

v2.3.0 — Correctness pass

A full audit fixes fullscreen hiding, the mini player, session handling, click timing, the visualizer and seeking, and drops the Mica backgrounds that looked the same as a solid colour.

changed

  • Menu labels use sentence case, and setting labels, group names and colour hints are corrected37f3d75 · AmrMsCLL

fixed

  • Fullscreen hiding works, the no-media grace period expires and an empty media button list is honoured278e13e · AmrMsCLL
  • Mini player rows rebuild when sessions change, so each row controls the session it shows, and the flyout centres for the centre screen placement8c92c6d · AmrMsCLL
  • The mini player's previous, play, next, mute and volume controls have accessible names and tooltipsee96785 · AmrMsCLL
  • Session attaching no longer races, stale media fetches no longer overwrite newer details, and cover art appears at once for a browser session that is already playinga942f77 · AmrMsCLL
  • A single click acts at once when no double-click action can follow, the ignore list and web app names match correctly, and idle hiding counts real time3cd31f8 · AmrMsCLL
  • Visualizer bars fall on silence, the EQ preset applies once, and a visualizer shown again keeps capturing1e42627 · AmrMsCLL
  • Rewind and forward start from the live position, two sessions of one app can be cycled, and each volume wheel notch changes the system volume once24f99f1 · AmrMsCLL

removed

  • The Mica and Mica Alt backgrounds, which drew the same as Solid color; stored values load as solidafe22fd · AmrMsCLL

v2.2.3 — Click handling

Single and double clicks on the player and album art are told apart reliably, and double-clicking the player opens the configured app by default.

changed

  • Double-clicking the player opens the configured app by default, including installations that had no double-click setting savedeb07ecb · AmrMsCLL

fixed

  • Double clicks are recognised, because a single-click action waits for the Windows double-click time and the second click must land near the firsteb07ecb · AmrMsCLL
  • A pending click action is cancelled when its control unloadseb07ecb · AmrMsCLL
  • Setting descriptions containing a colon are quoted, so the settings page parseseb07ecb · AmrMsCLL

v2.2.0 — Media player in the taskbar

The first version of TaskTune in this repository embeds media details and playback controls in the Windows 11 taskbar, with per-app volume, audio-only app support and an optional spectrum visualizer.

added

  • Taskbar player with album art, title and artist, scrolling text, and play, pause, stop, previous, next, shuffle, repeat and 1-60 second rewind and forward controls0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • More than 20 taskbar and system-tray placements, with independent players on multiple monitors0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • Per-application volume and mute controls, falling back to active audio sessions for apps that publish no media details0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • Session switching, configurable mouse actions and a compact mini player0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • Double-click anywhere on the player to open Spotify or another configured app0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • Solid, gradient, Acrylic, Mica and blurred album-art backgrounds0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • Optional WASAPI spectrum visualizer with several shapes, colour modes and EQ presets0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL
  • Automatic hiding when no media is playing, the taskbar is idle or an app is full-screen0d71bfe · AmrMsCLL