You can access some advanced options by right-clicking on the X. Of couse this will work for non-maximized windows as well. Here is a maximized video player and you can close it by using the X on the top-right of the screen. To fix this you can put the sidebar on the left side.Īlternatively you can enable the second checkbox on the view tab. A disadvantage is though, that the close button of maximized windows isn't on the top-right corner anymore. This way you have your gadgets always in sight. Here you can, for example, click on the first checkbox to make the sidebar always visible. Click on options to change the behaviour of the sidebar. You will still be able to use the gadgets. If you don't like the sidebar you can close it there. The options of the last gadget, the weather gadget, allow you to change the city. You can use the shortcut Win+C to select an older clipboarder (works well together with Ctrl+V). The options of Clipboarder allow many possibilities. This way you can select older clipboards and paste them into other applications. By clicking on an element you make it the current clipboard. Clipboarder will display everything you copy to the clipboard. Here I copied the installer file and then the name of the file. The options of the clock gadget allow you to enable the second hand or to change the timezone. Click on the X to close a gadget or on the wrench icon to access its options. There will also appear some buttons next to the gadget. If you move your cursor above a gadget you can drag it around your desktop. Here you can add a gadget to your desktop by double-clicking on it. These three default gadgets will appear on the right side.Ĭlick on the plus symbol on the top right to see all available gadgets. This window will appear:Īfter a while (it can take some minutes) the installer will be complete and you need to click on Finish. The Experimental tab has a few options to help you use the widget more effectively.8GadgetPack makes it possible to use gadgets on Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 7.įirst you need to download the installer (the link is on the top right of this page) and open it.Check the box to enable any plugin and click on the gear icon to customize it. You can add a date, set the alarm, show your IP address on the clock, and customize it in countless ways. The Plugins window offers a wide range of plugins to enhance the widget's functionality.Under Misc, you can change the time format, align the widget, adjust the space between the clock's digits, and set the auto-update schedule.It is also possible to keep the widget always on top, make it transparent for the mouse cursor, and control whether the separator flashes or not. On the Appearance tab, you can change the opacity and zoom level, change the clock's skin, and customize the skin with textures and colorization.To change the look and feel of the widget, you have the following options: You can move the widget anywhere on the screen in Position settings and customize the widget in Settings.
This menu won't appear when you click on empty spaces in the widget's middle. You can exit the widget, update it, change its position, and change any other settings by right-clicking on the solid lines of the time. Even so, the tiny investment of $1 is well worth it.ĭownload: Sense Desktop (Paid, Free trial available) Moreover, you can customize it according to your preferences.Īlthough Sense Desktop offers a free trial, so Windows users can try it out and see if it is for them, the only downside of this widget is that you must pay to keep using it. Also included is a beautiful weather-based animation and a week-ahead forecast. Among other things, it displays the temperature and the wind conditions. In addition, you can change the widget's size and control its opacity.īesides showing you time, the widget displays weather information to help you plan your outdoor activities. With the widget's settings, you can change the time zone according to your current location, change the clock's format, and choose from more than twenty themes to change how your clock looks every day. Its interface is intuitive and supports drag-and-drop thus, you can move it anywhere on the screen at any time.
There is no better clock widget on the list than Sense Desktop.