Author: Olivia (classic Start menu), m417z (redesigned Start menu)
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)
disableNewStartMenuLayout: newLayoutSideBySide
controlStyles:
- target: Grid#MainMenu
styles:
- Width=600
- target: Grid#FrameRoot
styles:
- MaxHeight=710
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton
styles:
- Height=0
- target: Border#AcrylicOverlay
styles:
- Margin=0,-64,0,0
- target: Frame#StartFrame
styles:
- Margin=0,-64,0,0
- target: Grid#SideBySidePinnedWrapper
styles:
- ColumnDefinitions:=<ColumnDefinitionCollection><ColumnDefinition Width="250*"/><ColumnDefinition Width="348*"/></ColumnDefinitionCollection>
- target: GridView#AllAppsGrid > Border > Grid#SideBySidePinnedWrapper > ScrollViewer#ScrollViewer
styles:
- Grid.Column=0
- target: ScrollViewer#SideBySidePinnedScrollViewer
styles:
- Grid.Column=1
- target: Grid#SideBySidePinnedWrapper > ScrollViewer > Border#Root > Grid > ScrollContentPresenter > ItemsPresenter > ItemsWrapGrid
styles:
- Margin=32,0,32,14
- target: Grid#AllListHeading > TextBlock#AllListHeadingText
styles:
- Margin=43,6,12,7
- target: Grid#AllListHeading > Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.DropDownButton#ViewSelectionButton
styles:
- Margin=0,0,32,0
- target: Grid#NavPanePlaceholder
styles:
- Margin=32,0,32,0
- target: StartDocked.NavigationPaneView#UserControl > Grid#RootPanel
styles:
- FlowDirection=1
- target: StartDocked.PowerOptionsView#PowerButton
styles:
- FlowDirection=0
- target: ItemsStackPanel > ListViewItem
styles:
- FlowDirection=0
- target: StartDocked.UserTileView
styles:
- Visibility=CollapsedContent to import (click to expand)
controlStyles:
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#UndockedRoot
styles:
- Visibility=Visible
- Width=348
- Margin=132,-42,-132,0
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#AllAppsRoot
styles:
- Visibility=Visible
- Width=320
- Margin=0,-42,0,0
- RenderTransform:=<TranslateTransform X="-188"/>
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ShowMoreSuggestions
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#SuggestionsParentContainer
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#TopLevelSuggestionsListHeader
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton
styles:
- Height=0
- Width=0
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Button#ShowAllAppsButton
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Button#CloseAllAppsButton
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.PowerOptionsView
styles:
- Margin=-575,0,0,0
- target: StartDocked.UserTileView
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartMenu.PinnedList
styles:
- Height=504
- target: StartMenu.ExpandedFolderList > Grid > Border
styles:
- Margin=-40,0,40,0
- Width=325
- target: StartMenu.ExpandedFolderList > Grid > Grid
styles:
- CornerRadius=8
- Margin=-85,0,0,0
- Width=350
- target: StartMenu.ExpandedFolderList > Grid > Grid > Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.PipsPager#PinnedListPipsPager
styles:
- Margin=-15,0,0,0
- target: Rectangle[4]
styles:
- Margin=0,-20,0,0
- target: Grid#TopLevelSuggestionsContainer
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartDocked.AppListView
styles:
- Margin=38,0,-38,0