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How to add a transparent context menu on Windows 11
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Published onDecember 5, 2022
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If there’s one thing you can’t ignore about Windows 11, it’s the evidentprogress in its design and user interface. Among a host of new features in its new iteration, Windows 11 also offers ways to make your context menu transparent.
In this article, we’ll go on a step-by-step detour on how to go on adding a transparent context menu on your Windows 11. So, let’s get started.
How to add a transparent context menu on Windows 11
For the uninitiated, a context menu on Windows refers to the shortcut menu in a graphical user interface that appears when you right-click your mouse. It’s also known as theright-clickoption.
While it’s interesting that Windows 11 gives you complete control to manage the transparency effects for your Start menu, taskbar, etc., there’s no clear-cut method to manually make your context menu transparent. And that’s why you’ll use an external third-party app.
In this example, we’ll make use ofTranslucentFlyouts. Put briefly,TranslucentFlyoutsis a free, open-source app specifically designed to make your popup menus transparent. You can download the official app from theofficial GitHub pageof the app. On the GitHub page, click onCodeand then selectDownload ZIP.
After you’ve downloaded and installed the app, launch it. As soon as you open the app, you’ll see a new dialog box asking you to accept the permissions necessary to run your app. Click onI Accept, and the app will be launched.
From there, click on the drop-down menu for Effect, and you’ll see various options. SelectTransparentand that’s about it. If you like, you can also tweak theBorderandOpacityvalues from this dialog box.
You can safely click onExitwhen you’re done, and your settings will be saved for the future.
Note:If you’re done with the transparency settings for your context menu, you can always bring the settings back to their original state by clicking on the Reset button.
Making the context menu transparent in Windows 11
That’s all about making your context menu transparent, folks. And while there might be a plethora of tools out there, likeAcrylicMenusfor instance, I’ve found that TranslucentFlyouts does the jobs well enough. We hope this method also did the trick for you as well.
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
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Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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