HiddenWindow v1.3

中文版

HiddenWindow is a Windows smart window management tool: when you drag a window to the top/left/right/bottom edge of the screen, it auto-snaps and hides off-screen, leaving only a thin edge visible. Moving the mouse to that edge slides the window back out and brings it to the foreground; moving the mouse away hides it again. Supports multi-monitor setups and excludes maximized/fullscreen windows.

Download

Pre-built HiddenWindow.exe is automatically generated for each release via GitHub Actions.

👉 Download the latest release

Just download and run — no installation required.

Features

• Snap & hide to top/left/right/bottom edges
• Mouse-to-edge slide-out, leave-to-hide
• Auto bring-to-front & activate on slide-out
• Multi-monitor support
• Excludes fullscreen/maximized windows
• Global hotkey Ctrl+Alt+H to pause/resume docking
• Settings window with sliders: sensitivity, visible edge width, animation duration, hide delay
• Smooth ease-in-out animation
• Edge hint — shows window title when hovering near hidden edge
• Animation speed: 3 presets + custom duration
• Edge detection sensitivity: adjustable 10–100 px
• System tray with auto-start toggle
• Auto-update check on startup

Changelog

See Releases for detailed changelogs.

v1.3 (2026-05-05)

• Added: Settings window with sliders for all options
• Added: Global hotkey Ctrl+Alt+H to pause/resume docking
• Added: Edge hint — shows window title when hovering near hidden edge
• Added: Auto-update checker
• Added: Configurable animation duration with ease-in-out curve
• Added: Configurable hide delay (50–2000 ms)
• Added: Configurable visible edge width (2–15 px)
• Fixed: Animation now uses smooth easing instead of linear

v1.2 (2026-05-04)

• Added: Bottom edge docking support
• Added: GitHub Actions auto-build & release workflow

v1.1 (2026-03-07)

• Added: Auto bring-to-front and focus activation on slide-out
• Fixed: Reduced unintended focus stealing by only triggering on corresponding edge
• Changed: Assembly version updated to 1.1.0.0

Usage

1. Download HiddenWindow.exe from Releases
2. Run it — the app lives in the system tray
3. Right-click tray icon → "设置" for full settings dialog
4. Press Ctrl+Alt+H to quickly pause/resume docking
5. First run creates config at: %AppData%\HiddenWindow\settings.json
6. To quit, select "退出" from the tray menu

Project Structure

• src/HiddenWindow — main program source
• README.md — English documentation
• README_zh.md — Chinese documentation
• LICENSE — license
• .github/workflows/release.yml — auto-build workflow

Source Files

• src/HiddenWindow/Program.cs — entry point
• src/HiddenWindow/MainForm.cs — tray icon, hotkey, update checker
• src/HiddenWindow/DockManager.cs — snap, hide, show, animation with easing
• src/HiddenWindow/SettingsForm.cs — settings dialog with sliders
• src/HiddenWindow/EdgeHintForm.cs — edge hover hint overlay
• src/HiddenWindow/WinApi.cs — Win32 API P/Invoke wrappers
• src/HiddenWindow/Settings.cs — config read/write and defaults

Build from Source

Requires .NET 8 SDK.

dotnet build .\src\HiddenWindow\HiddenWindow.csproj -c Release

dotnet publish .\src\HiddenWindow\HiddenWindow.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true

Output: src/HiddenWindow/bin/Release/net8.0-windows/win-x64/publish/HiddenWindow.exe