Liquid Quick Launcher (Windhawk Mod)

An ultra-smooth Liquid Glass productivity launcher for Windows 11 with Adaptive Frecency Learning, 120Hz Fluid Animations, and a Customizable Outer Window Shape (ranging from a sharp rectangular box up to a 100% stadium oval pill).

Built natively in C++ / Win32 for Windhawk.

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Global Shortcut (Alt + Space)
  Summons the launcher instantly from anywhere on a dedicated UI thread without ever blocking explorer.exe. Press Esc or click outside to dismiss.

• 🎨 Sculpted Outer Window & Card Shapes
  Dynamically customize both the main window contour and inner selection cards:

  • Sharp Box (0px): Crisp, modern rectangular look.
  • Soft Rounded (8px): Subtle rounded corners.
  • Balanced Rounded (14px): Standard modern Windows 11 styling.
  • Super Smooth (26px): Deeply sculpted outer curvature with hardware GDI anti-aliasing.
  • Full Pill / Oval Capsule (70px): Morph the entire main search bar into a 100% stadium pill capsule!

• 🧠 Adaptive Smart Prediction & Frecency Engine
  Learns your habits automatically. Frequent and recently used apps, commands, or URLs jump straight to #1 with single-letter instant recall (e.g., typing c for Chrome or Calculator, v for VS Code, tm for Task Manager).

• 🚀 120Hz Smooth Animations

  • Fluid Height Expansion: Main window and capsule contour expand and contract dynamically as results change.
  • Gliding Selection Capsule: Active row indicator glides seamlessly between rows.
  • Fade & Slide Entrance: Smoothly glides down and fades in when summoned.

• 💎 Curated Liquid Glass Themes

  • Liquid Glass Dark (Obsidian)
  • Liquid Glass Light (Soft Alabaster)
  • Midnight Pitch Black (AMOLED)
  • Nordic Frost (Cool Slate)

• 🎛️ Transparency Presets
  Choose between 55%, 70%, 85% (default), or 100% solid opacity.

• 🌈 6 Vibrant Accent Colors
  Electric Sky Blue, Royal Indigo, Emerald Mint Green, Sunset Rose Pink, Amber Cyber Gold, and Crimson Neon Red.

• 🧮 Integrated Productivity Tools

  • Application Search: Deep indexer with real 32x32 native application icons.
  • Terminal Commands: Prefix with > to run any command directly (cmd.exe).
  • Instant Math: Evaluate expressions on the fly (e.g. 25 * 40, sqrt(144)) and press Enter to copy the result.
  • System Quick Commands: lock, sleep, restart, shutdown, empty bin, taskmgr.
  • Direct URL & Web Search: Type any web domain (github.com) to launch in browser or fallback to Google search.

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📥 Installation

Method 1: Via Windhawk (Recommended once accepted upstream)

1. Open Windhawk.
2. Go to the Explore tab.
3. Search for Liquid Quick Launcher.
4. Click Details and then Install.

Method 2: Manual Installation as Local Mod

1. Open Windhawk.
2. Click on the three dots ... in the top-right corner -> Advanced -> Developer options.
3. Click New mod, set ID as alt-space-liquid-launcher.
4. Copy and paste the entire code from alt-space-liquid-launcher.wh.cpp.
5. Click Save and then Compile & Run.

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⚙️ Settings

You can customize Liquid Quick Launcher at any time from the Windhawk Mod Settings UI:

• Visual Theme: Obsidian Dark, Soft Light, Pitch Black, or Nordic Slate.
• Accent Color: Electric Blue, Indigo, Mint, Rose, Gold, or Crimson.
• Glass Transparency: 55%, 70%, 85%, or 100%.
• Main Window & Card Shape: Sharp Box, Soft Round, Balanced Round, Super Smooth, or Pill Capsule.
• Clean UI Toggles:
  • Show / Hide Alt+Space header badge.
  • Show / Hide item descriptions (subtitles).
  • Show / Hide category badges ([App], [System], [Web], etc.).
  • Show / Hide bottom navigation footer bar.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - © RobsHs.