OnTopReplica
A real-time always-on-top “replica” of a window of your choice, for Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 10.
This simple utility application shows a blank always-on-top window by default.
Users can pick any other window of the system to have an always up-to-date clone of the target window shown always-on-top.
Very useful for monitoring background processes, wrangling with complex multi-window games or tools, watching Youtube videos while working, and so on.
** Features:**
- Clone any of your windows and keep it always-on-top while working with other windows,
- Select a subregion of the cloned window, which:
- Can be stored for future use,
- Can use relative coordinates from the target window’s borders.
- Auto-resizing (fit the original window, half, quarter and fullscreen mode),
- Position lock on any corner of your screen,
- Adjustable opacity,
- “Click forwarding”: allows to interact with the cloned window,
- “Click-through”: makes the replica ignore any mouse interaction (turns OnTopReplica into an overlay if set together with partial opacity),
- “Group switch”-mode automatically switches through a group of windows while you use them.
Requirements
- Microsoft Windows Vista or greater (the application makes use of native DWM Thumbnails to create replicas),
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.
- Desktop Composition (a.k.a. Windows Aero) enabled.
Installation
Get the latest version from the releases section as an MSI installer.
Contributions
…are very welcome. Fork away! ️
Submitting issues and other feedback is also appreciated.
Roadmap
- ✅ Update to the newest WindowsFormsAero version.
- ✅ Migrate to .NET 4.7.
- Improve/add High DPI support!
- “Stored scenarios” that, just like stored regions, automatically clone a window (based on title or window class criteria), select a region, and set other options. Ideally to be used as Taskbar shortlinks.
- Move to the Windows Store, via Centennial.
License
OnTopReplica is licensed under the MS-RL (Microsoft Reciprocal License).