microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Improve the Awake tool system tray icon/menu
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Product-Awake
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
It would be great if the Awake system tray icon and menu:
- Followed the system color mode (dark mode is not implemented, so it is always a bright blinding white menu)
- Was a larger slide-out style menu that would make selections easier/faster. (A good example is the PowerPlanSwitcher app )
- The icon itself changed more obviously depending the state selected. Maybe different colors?
Scenario when this would be used?
This would improve quick and easy usage of the app. I change settings a few times a day.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the Awake system-tray implementation and reviewing its current menu, color-mode behavior, and state icon handling; done means the tray UI supports the requested theme, easier selection layout, and clearer state indication.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100