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Hiding window controls elements and translucent option #49
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PWA is a great approach for developers that are looking to target Windows, Android and Chrome OS. These types of developers are usually building hybrid apps. All other hybrid app approaches are built to mimic native apps, and all give controls over window controls. Above is the actual app that will be listed on Windows Store. We ended up opting in for the WebView 2 approach instead. I don't see how PWA is ever going to become a thing if it still behaves as a browser. In my opinion, the only way a PWA has a future on Windows, is if they look like any other native application. Its all about consistency |
Also, is there a way to make PWA with Windows Controls Overlay enabled automatically load in collapsed mode. By default, it opens expanded. Am I missing something here? |
Had the same thought (#27). When I implemented WCO, hardly anyone clicked on the chevron to active WCO (2 out of 97 users had it enabled). I can think of three ways to solve this:
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I would settle for just allowing a PWA to use the new Mica color as it’s background. It’s not so transparent as to allow spoofing, and would be enough to make most PWA’s look mostly native on Win11. |
Saving someone else a Web search: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/style/mica. |
I think that both of these would be great additions to the API. One other thing that I think would also be quite useful is the ability to change the size of the control buttons. The ability to change the size would allow developers to work with these controls instead of around them. I have a project Velocity that would see a lot of benefits from these additions, for example when a user installs a custom theme, being able to make the background transparent and changing the button size to fit in with the app would really help with the immersion. |
Indeed that feature is most wanted! I've been playing around the Window Controls Overlay (WCO) but it is quite limited, specially when dealing with dark x light theme modes... Have you guys heard about the Borderless Mode? ExplainerDemoHere's a demo of an IWA (Isolated Web App), but PWAs might have to follow a similar concept. It seems to require window management permissions... Also, you might need to enable the PWA Borderless feature under Chrome feature flags: chrome://flags/#enable-desktop-pwas-borderless |
To further control the look of the app once installed, there should be an option to disable controls that we don't need, outline in red.
There should also be a way to set window control to transparent. At the moment, when controls are overlayed over the user interface, default fill brakes the look of the application. There should be an option available to set translucent background instead.
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