winget install --id=i2van.WinNumTip -e WinNumTip displays numbered tips over taskbar buttons while the Windows key is held, making Win+number shortcuts easier to identify and use.
WinNumTip shows the Win+number (0..9) shortcut
for each app pinned to the taskbar. While you hold the Win key, a numbered
strip appears over the taskbar buttons; release the key and it disappears.
Hold Win and press a number to launch (or switch to) the app in that taskbar
position - WinNumTip just reminds you which number is which.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> WinNumTip installs a global keyboard hook
> so it can detect when the Win key is held. This is a normal Windows mechanism,
> but because keyboard hooks are also used by keyloggers, some antivirus tools may flag the app.
>
> WinNumTip reads only the Win key state
> to toggle the strip and does not record or transmit any keystrokes.
Win key is held.Win key poll intervals.WinNumTip is portable: there is nothing to set up system-wide, the app runs from wherever
it is unpacked and keeps its settings in WinNumTip.ini next to the executable.
winget install --id i2van.WinNumTip
winget upgrade --id i2van.WinNumTip
> [!IMPORTANT] > Exit WinNumTip first - right-click the notification area icon and choose Exit.
Download WinNumTip-.zip for your platform from the
latest release, unpack it anywhere and
run WinNumTip.exe.
To update, exit the app and unpack the newer release over the previous one; the
WinNumTip.ini settings file is left untouched.
Double-click the notification area icon, right-click it and choose Preferences... or click Preferences in the About dialog to open the settings dialog.
Settings are saved next to the app in WinNumTip.ini. Click Apply to save them
without closing the dialog or OK to save and close; applied settings take effect
immediately.
> [!TIP]
> Hold Win to keep the strip showing, then adjust settings in Preferences and click
> Apply to preview the change live on the taskbar without releasing Win or closing
> the dialog. In the font selector, double-click an entry in the Font or Font
> style list to apply it the same way.
Tip size - how thick the numbered strip is across the taskbar: its height on a horizontal taskbar, its width on a side-docked one. Ranges from Default (the slim built-in strip) up to a full Taskbar button cell and the numbers scale to match.
> WinNumTip.ini key: TipSizePercent
Tip font - click Select... to pick the typeface and style (weight, italic, underline, strikeout) the numbers are drawn with. When no font is chosen the taskbar's own font is used (Default). In the font selector, click Apply - or double-click an entry in the Font or Font style list - to save the current selection without closing the selector.
> WinNumTip.ini keys: FontFace, FontWeight, FontItalic, FontUnderline, FontStrikeOut
Invert colors - swaps the strip and number colors for a highlighted look. Off by default.
> WinNumTip.ini key: InvertColors
Compact view - shrinks the strip's window down to a border and a small square around each digit.
> WinNumTip.ini key: CompactView
Hide border - hides the strip's outer border or (in Compact view mode) each tip's own border individually. Off by default (border shown).
> WinNumTip.ini key: HideBorder
Hide separator - hides the divider lines between number tips. Off by default (separators shown).
> WinNumTip.ini key: HideSeparator
Tip opacity - how opaque the strip window is, as a percentage. Range 10-100%,
default 100% (fully opaque).
> WinNumTip.ini key: OpacityPercent
Tips refresh - how often, in milliseconds, the numbered tips re-sync with the
taskbar buttons while shown, so the numbers stay aligned when a button appears,
disappears or moves. Range 50-1000 ms, default 200 ms; lower is more responsive
but polls more often.
> WinNumTip.ini key: RefreshIntervalMs
Win key poll - how often, in milliseconds, the app checks the Win key state to show
or hide the strip. Range 25-500 ms, default 75 ms; lower reacts faster to pressing
or releasing Win but polls more often.
> WinNumTip.ini key: PollIntervalMs
Reset to defaults - restores every option above to its factory default in the dialog; the change is saved only if you then click Apply or OK.
Every time the About dialog is opened update check is performed until a newer version is found, an Update link appears if new version is available.
The link opens the latest release page, or the winget update instructions when WinNumTip was installed via winget - the way that copy of the app is actually updated.
Sometimes numbered strip does not arrear, to fix that Alt+Tab couple of times.
Open WinNumTip.slnx in Visual Studio and build or from a developer prompt for x64 build:
msbuild WinNumTip.slnx /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64
Artifacts can be found in build\\Release dir.
x64Win32ARM64