Author: VIN STAR
The theme is integrated into the mod and can be selected directly from the mod's settings:
- Open the Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod in Windhawk.
- Go to the "Settings" tab.
- Select the theme and save the settings.
The theme styles can also be imported manually. To do that, follow these steps:
- Open the Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod in Windhawk.
- Go to the "Settings" tab and select "Textual mode".
- Copy the content below to the text box and click "Save settings".
A variant for the redesigned Windows 11 Start menu that is slowly rolling out in the 25H2 update.
Content to import (click to expand)
controlStyles:
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#NoTopLevelSuggestionsText
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Grid#MoreSuggestionsRoot > Grid
styles:
- RenderTransform:=<TranslateTransform Y="24" />
- target: StartDocked.UserTileView
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.AppListView
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ScrollBar
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Grid#FrameRoot
styles:
- MaxHeight=520
- Margin=-8,10,0,0
- target: StartMenu.PinnedList
styles:
- Margin=32,25,0,0
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton
styles:
- Width=430
- Height=40
- Margin=-50,0,0,0
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- RenderTransform:=<TranslateTransform Y="11" />
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Border#BorderElement
styles:
- CornerRadius=5
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- target: StartDocked.PowerOptionsView
styles:
- Margin=-135,-950,0,0
- Canvas.ZIndex=99
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.GridView#PinnedList > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ScrollViewer > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ScrollContentPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ItemsPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ItemsWrapGrid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.GridViewItem
styles:
- Margin=5,0,0,0
- Padding=-1,0
- target: StartMenu.PinnedList > Grid#Root
styles:
- Padding=0
- target: TextBlock#PinnedListHeaderText
styles:
- Height=27
- Text=
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock[Text=]
styles:
- Text=
- FontSize=16
- target: Grid#TopLevelHeader > Grid > Button > Grid@CommonStates > Border
styles:
- Width=40
- Height=40
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneButton#PowerButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border#BackgroundBorder
styles:
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock[Text=]
styles:
- Text=
- FontSize=16
- target: Grid#AllAppsRoot
styles:
- Margin=0,-20,0,-40
- target: Border#AcrylicOverlay
styles:
- Margin=0,-64,0,-58
- BorderThickness=0
- Background=Transparent
- CornerRadius=8
- target: Border#AcrylicBorder
styles:
- Margin=6,6,6,12
- CornerRadius=8
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage
styles:
- Margin=5,0,0,8
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage > Grid#RootGrid
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".65" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=2
- Padding=3,3,3,-8
- CornerRadius=8
- target: Border#StartDropShadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#LayerBorder
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Grid#MainMenu
styles:
- MaxWidth=650
- target: Grid#TopLevelHeader > Grid[2] > Button
styles:
- Width=40
- Height=40
- Margin=-73,-6,73,6
- target: TextBlock#ShowMorePinnedButtonText
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.FontIcon[Glyph=]
styles:
- Glyph=
- FontSize=16
- Margin=0
- target: Grid#FrameRoot
styles:
- Margin=0,-58,0,0
- target: StartMenu.StartHome
styles:
- Margin=0,-17,0,-52
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton
styles:
- Height=40
- Width=40
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton > Border@CommonStates > ContentPresenter
styles:
- Width=40
- Height=40
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- CornerRadius=5
- RenderTransform:=<TranslateTransform Y="11" X="-4" />
- Background@CheckedPointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- target: Grid#MainMenu > Grid#MainContent > Grid
styles:
- Canvas.ZIndex=1
- target: Grid#AnimationRoot
styles:
- CornerRadius=8
- BorderThickness=2,2,2,3
- Background=Transparent
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".65" Opacity="1"/>
- Padding=-1.5,-1.5,-1.5,-6
- target: StartMenu.StartMenuCompanion#RightCompanion > Grid
styles:
- Margin=0
- target: Grid#CompanionRoot > Grid#MainContent > Border#AcrylicOverlay
styles:
- Margin=0,-64,0,-58
- BorderThickness=0
- target: Border#Root > Grid > ScrollContentPresenter > AdaptiveCards.Rendering.Uwp.WholeItemsPanel > Border > AdaptiveCards.Rendering.Uwp.WholeItemsPanel > Grid > Border > AdaptiveCards.Rendering.Uwp.WholeItemsPanel > TextBlock
styles:
- Margin=6.5,5,0,-4
- target: AdaptiveCards.Rendering.Uwp.WholeItemsPanel > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock[Text=View your recent calls, messages, photos, and more.]
styles:
- Margin=5.5,0,0,0
- target: Border#RightCompanionDropShadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Grid#CompanionRoot@CloseCompanionButtonStates
styles:
- Margin=-6,0,6,0
- Padding=-2,0
- target: Grid#FrameRoot@CompanionStates > Grid > Grid#RightCompanionContainerGrid
styles:
- OpacityTransition:=<ScalarTransition Duration="0:0:0.014" />
- Opacity@CloseCompanion=0
- Opacity@OpeningCompanion_Large=0.14
- Opacity@OpenCompanion=1
- Opacity@OpeningOverlapCompanion=0.64
- Opacity@ClosingOverlapCompanion=0.64
- Opacity@ClosingCompanion_Large=0.24
- target: Button#ShowMoreSuggestionsButton
styles:
- Margin=-67,-22,67,0
- target: Button#ShowMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > StackPanel > TextBlock
styles:
- Text=
- Margin=0
- target: Button#ShowMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid@CommonStates > ContentPresenter
styles:
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Width=40
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- CornerRadius=5
- Height=40
- target: Grid#MainContent
styles:
- Margin=0,-50,0,0
- target: Grid#MainContent > Grid
styles:
- Margin=-19,2,18,-80
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter#PrimaryCardContainer
styles:
- Margin=0,40,0,0
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ListView#ZoomedOutListView
styles:
- Margin=0,40,0,0
- target: Button#HideMoreSuggestionsButton
styles:
- Margin=-67,-14,67,0
- Height=40
- target: Button#HideMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid@CommonStates > ContentPresenter
styles:
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- Width=40
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- CornerRadius=5
- target: Button#HideMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.StackPanel > TextBlock
styles:
- Text=
- FontFamily=Segoe Fluent Icons
- Margin=0
- FontSize=16
- target: Button#HideMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.StackPanel > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.FontIcon > Grid > TextBlock
styles:
- Visibility=CollapsedContent to import (click to expand)
controlStyles:
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#NoTopLevelSuggestionsText
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#TopLevelSuggestionsContainer
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ShowMoreSuggestions
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#TopLevelSuggestionsListHeader
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.UserTileView
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.AppListView
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.PipsPager
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.LauncherFrame > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#RootContent > Grid#MainContent > Grid#InnerContent > Rectangle
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.StartSizingFrame
styles:
- MaxHeight=520
- Margin=-8,10,0,0
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#UndockedRoot
styles:
- Margin=0,-70,0,-90
- target: StartMenu.PinnedList
styles:
- Height=375
- Margin=13,30,-13,0
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton
styles:
- Width=480
- Height=40
- Margin=-100,0,0,30
- Canvas.ZIndex=1
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border
styles:
- CornerRadius=5
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- target: StartDocked.PowerOptionsView
styles:
- Margin=-68,-870,0,0
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.GridView#PinnedList > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ScrollViewer > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ScrollContentPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ItemsPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ItemsWrapGrid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.GridViewItem
styles:
- Margin=5,10,0,0
- target: StartMenu.PinnedList > Grid#Root
styles:
- Padding=0
- target: TextBlock#PinnedListHeaderText
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: TextBlock#ShowAllAppsButtonText
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Button#ShowAllAppsButton
styles:
- Margin=0,-2,30,0
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock[Text=]
styles:
- Text=
- FontSize=16
- target: Button#ShowAllAppsButton > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter#ContentPresenter@CommonStates
styles:
- Width=40
- Height=40
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneButton#PowerButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border#BackgroundBorder
styles:
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=1
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock[Text=Back]
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock[Text=]
styles:
- Text=
- FontSize=16
- target: Button#CloseAllAppsButton > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter#ContentPresenter@CommonStates
styles:
- Width=40
- Height=40
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity=".3" TintLuminosityOpacity=".5" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity=".2" TintLuminosityOpacity=".3" Opacity="1"/>
- Background@PointerOver:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorDefault}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".2" Opacity="1"/>
- target: Button#CloseAllAppsButton
styles:
- Margin=0,-102,-33,0
- target: Grid#AllAppsRoot
styles:
- Margin=0,-20,0,-40
- target: Border#AcrylicOverlay
styles:
- Margin=0,0,0,-58
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".65" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=2
- Background=Transparent
- CornerRadius=8
- target: Border#AcrylicBorder
styles:
- Margin=6,6,6,12
- CornerRadius=8
- target: Border#DropShadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#StartDropShadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#RootGridDropShadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#RightCompanionDropShadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage
styles:
- Margin=5,0,0,8
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage > Grid#RootGrid
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultSolid}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity=".65" Opacity="1"/>
- BorderThickness=2
- Padding=3,3,3,-8
- CornerRadius=8
- target: Border#dropshadow
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Border#LayerBorder
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed