Control Center

Make Windows 11 feel like a Mac

A menu bar, a dock, Launchpad and Search for Windows 11.

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This desktop is live. Click the logo, open Launchpad from the dock, or make the dock your own.

All of Glassline at a glance

  • Launchpad
  • The dock with magnification
  • Search finding a note by what it says
  • Control Center in Aurora
  • Weather from the menu bar
  • A folder in Launchpad
  • Launchpad
  • The dock with magnification
  • Search finding a note by what it says
  • Control Center in Aurora
  • Weather from the menu bar
  • A folder in Launchpad
  • Window previews in the dock
  • Search converting currencies
  • Control Center in Classic
  • Today: calendar, music and notifications
  • Search finding a file
  • The Glassline menu
  • An app's menu in the dock
  • Search converting units
  • Control Center in Deck
  • Search finding an app
  • Search as a calculator

Launchpad

Every app on one screen

Click the Apps icon in the dock to see every app you have, and type to find one.

How it works

Screenshots

Screenshots in one drag

Press Alt Shift 4, drag over what you want, and the picture lands on your desktop.

How it works

Dock

Dock magnification and window previews

Rest the pointer on an app to see its windows live, and drop in a folder to open it as a stack.

How it works

Menu bar

The menu bar takes your app's colour

Maximize a window and the bar takes its colour while the dock slides away, so the app fills the screen.

How it works

Glass

Glass that follows your wallpaper

Menus, Search and Control Center take the colour of what is behind them, live wallpapers included.

How it works

Control Center

Wi-Fi, sound and brightness in one panel

Set the volume of each app, see your notifications and calendar, and pick the Classic, Aurora or Deck look.

How it works

Displays

The dock on every display

Each display gets its own menu bar, and the dock can follow you or stay where you put it.

How it works
Two displays, each with its own menu bar and dock

Games

Games get the whole screen

Start a game and the menu bar and dock step aside until you are done.

How it works

Weather

Weather in the menu bar

Click the temperature next to your status icons for the next hours and the week ahead.

How it works
The weather under the menu bar: the next hours and the week ahead

Your way

Make it work your way

Folders, launch options, your own icons, and notifications where you want them.

How it works
A folder open in Launchpad

Folders in Launchpad

Drop one app on another to make a folder, then click its name to call it what you like.

Launch Options for Edge in the dock, set to --inprivate

Launch Options

Right-click a pinned app in the dock and choose how it starts, like your browser always opening a private window.

A notification at the top right, under the menu bar

Where notifications show

Choose where notifications show: where Windows puts them, or at the top right under the menu bar (Settings, Menu Bar).

Today with two months side by side

Two months in Today

Today with just the calendar: switch off Calendar events and Today shows two months side by side.

Change Icon in the menu of an app in the dock

Your own icons in the dock

Right-click any icon in the dock, choose Change Icon, and give it a picture of your own.

The logo menu open at the left of the menu bar

The logo menu

Click the logo at the left of the menu bar for All Apps, Show Desktop, Task Manager, Sleep, Restart and Shut Down. It can show a picture of your own.

Control Center in its three looks: Classic, Aurora and Deck

Skins for Control Center

Pick the look of Control Center: Classic, Aurora or Deck, each with every page Control Center has.

Taskbar

Your taskbar is back when you quit

Choose Quit Glassline from the logo menu and the taskbar and Start menu return exactly as they were.

How it works

Made for how you use your PC

Media Player's panel open from its name in the menu bar, with its volume and recent files

Your Mac habits work here

  • Alt Shift 4 and drag for a screenshot, Alt Shift 3 for the whole screen.
  • Search on the Windows key, and Space on a file in File Explorer for Quick Look.
  • Click the app's name in the menu bar for its windows, its volume and Quit.
  • Minimize a window and it pours into the dock like a genie.

See Glassline in 90 seconds

Recorded in one take on Windows 11.

Your look

Made to suit your wallpaper

Choose any wallpaper and pick Control Center's look: Classic, Aurora or Deck.

  • Glassline on a wallpaper, with Control Center in Aurora
  • Glassline on a wallpaper, with Control Center in Classic
  • Glassline on a wallpaper, with Control Center in Deck
  • Glassline on a wallpaper, with Control Center in Classic
  • Glassline on a wallpaper, with Control Center in Deck
  • Glassline on a wallpaper, with Control Center in Aurora

Glassline

Free for 7 days. No subscription, and every update is free.

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  • Menu bar
  • Dock
  • Launchpad
  • Search
  • Control Center

Windows 11, version 22H2 or later

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Frequently asked questions

How do I get the Windows taskbar back?

Right-click the menu bar and choose Quit Glassline, or press Quit in Glassline Settings, under General. The taskbar comes back exactly as it was. If Glassline ever closes unexpectedly, it comes back on its own.

Is Glassline a taskbar replacement?

Yes. While Glassline runs, the Windows taskbar and Start menu are hidden, and you get a menu bar at the top, a dock at the bottom and Search on the Windows key. Quit Glassline and the taskbar and Start menu are back as they were.

Does it work on Windows 10?

No. Glassline needs Windows 11, version 22H2 or later. The Store doesn't offer it on an older PC.

Does Glassline make Windows look like macOS?

The layout will feel familiar if you have used a Mac: a menu bar at the top that follows the app in front, a dock with magnification at the bottom, and Search in the middle of the screen. The design is Glassline's own, made for Windows 11, and Glassline has no connection to Apple.

How does Glassline compare with Seelen UI, MyDockFinder or Start11?

Glassline works the moment it is installed, with no themes or configuration files, and brings a menu bar, a dock, Search, Control Center, your calendar and the weather in one app. See it side by side: Glassline as a Seelen UI alternative, Glassline as a MyDockFinder alternative, and Glassline next to the other taskbar alternatives for Windows 11, including Start11, StartAllBack, Windhawk, YASB and Cairo Desktop.

Does it work with more than one display?

Yes. Each display gets its own menu bar, in the colour of the app maximized on it; the bar on the display you aren't using is dimmed. The dock is on the display you are using, in that display's colours: click anywhere on another display and it comes there. It hides only for windows on its own display. Search and Settings open on the display you are working on. To keep the menu bar on your main display only, turn off Show on every display in Glassline Settings, under Menu Bar.

What happens when I play a game?

While a game on your list is maximized or fills the display, the menu bar and the dock leave that display and the game gets the room they kept free. Glassline never moves a game's window, and when you switch to another app everything is back. A game in a small window changes nothing. Anything else that fills the screen, like a video, also makes them step out of the way. The setting is Step aside for games, in Glassline Settings, under Games. The games Windows knows are listed by themselves, and one started from Steam, Epic, Xbox or another launcher joins the list the first time it runs. To add another game or any program, press Add... under Add a game or an app; the switch beside a game leaves it out.

Can I see my Google or Outlook calendar in Glassline?

Yes, through the calendar's address. Google Calendar, Outlook, iCloud and most other calendar services can give a calendar an address that starts with https:// or webcal://. Paste it into Calendars in Glassline Settings, under Control Center, and its events appear in Today next to your own. Each calendar can have its own colour, name and reminder. To change one of its events, use the calendar's own app.

How do I uninstall Glassline?

Uninstall it from Windows Settings, under Apps. The taskbar and Start menu come back on their own, even if Glassline was running.

Can I back up my setup or move it to another PC?

Yes. In Glassline Settings, under General, press Save Backup: your settings, the dock, your own events and what Search has learned go into one file. After a reinstall, or on the other PC, press Load Backup and choose that file.

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