PowerToys at present has 28 utilities to boost your person expertise (the newest addition arrived in April). You may take a look at the record of all modules and rapidly toggle them on or off on the devoted Dashboard web page that greets you every time you open PowerToys.

Nonetheless, with the growing record of instruments and their huge customizability, many might really feel that the Dashboard is a bit undercooked and lacks extra polish and helpful options. If you happen to assume so, Microsoft has some excellent news for you.

In a brand new PR on PowerToys’ GitHub, Microsoft engineers agree that the Dashboard wants enhancements, despite the fact that it labored tremendous in earlier days with fewer modules. The proposed resolution for the overcrowded Dashboard is a redesigned variant, which seems extra just like the Home windows 11 Settings app.

With the recommended variant, you get way more from Dashboard: a fast hyperlink to the newest changelog, varied warnings that want your consideration (like conflicting shortcuts), an replace button, Fast Launcher, shortcuts in your modules, and an inventory of accessible instruments. A search field for modules and settings can be there that will help you discover stuff that you just want.

Right here is how Niels Laute, a software program engineer engaged on WinUI and PowerToys, describes the proposed redesign:

The thought is to align extra with the Home windows 11 Settings design and make issues simpler to scan at a look:

• A full record of modules with toggle switches to show them on/off (every one deep hyperlinks to its settings web page).
• A central record of all shortcuts, so it is simpler to seek out and bear in mind them.
• Fast-launch buttons for modules that may be launched straight, proper on the high for straightforward entry.

Since PowerToys is an open-source undertaking, different builders are welcome to contribute their concepts. A kind of concepts is implementing SplitView to be able to open every module’s settings with out leaving the Dashboard web page.

Sadly, there isn’t a data on when Microsoft will ship the redesigned Dashboard. Whereas we await the June 2025 replace, take a look at these three helpful plugins for PowerToys Run.

What different adjustments would you want Microsoft so as to add to PowerToys? Share your ideas within the feedback.