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PowerOverlay

PowerOverlay is a utility to help speed repetitive tasks.

It is a configurable button menu of 24 buttons in a 5x5 grid. Each button can:

  • Switch menu
  • Perform one or more actions, such as:
    • Launch a program
    • Activate a window
    • Reposition a window (maximise, minimize, restore, fixed position, layout algorithm)
    • Send text to a window
    • Send keys, including control sequences to a window

Application windows can be targeted based on window title or application name or both.

Menus can be selected based on the current application when the overlay is activated (Win+F2).

Individual buttons can be styled or hidden.

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Lots of configuration options. For example, for layout positioning:

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Settings can be saved and loaded as JSON. Changes to the current state are automatically saved into a local cache and reloaded on launch.

First launch runs the overlay hidden. Subsequent launches bring the overlay to the foreground. A named menu can be provided as an argument.

To-do list

  • Add condition action (such as only launch exe if not running)
  • Support action result conditions in sequences
  • Support aligned positioning (center/middle/top/bottom/left/right...)
  • Support custom button layouts (more/fewer buttons, non-grid layout, etc.)
  • Support options dialog
  • Add per-menu global hot key support
  • Support webcam enable/disable
  • Support launching Windows Store apps directly
  • Redesign sequence action UI
  • Support repositioning active app
  • Support diagnostic output of all top-level window details
  • Support rolling clear-up of debug log entries
  • Support capturing and showing top-level exceptions
  • Add action to manipulate clipboard (set text/image/file/previous clipboard capture?)
  • Add detailed diagnostic mode, particularly for diagnosing issues with low-level key SendInput behaviour