This theme tries to recreate the design that the Windows 11 Start menu and search menu had on early Windows 11 builds, which included:
- 22000.51's searchbox
- Changed 'All' to 'All apps' as it was on older Windows 11 builds
- Custom Acrylic + Accent color & light/dark mode support
- New Windows 11 Start Menu support
- Windows 10-like search menu (to adapt to the SunValley Taskbar theme)
- Support for the new Copilot Search Menu
Author: Tails
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".
Content to import (click to expand)
controlStyles:
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage
styles:
- Margin=-2,0,0,0
- target: Border#TaskbarMargin
styles:
- Visibility=1
- target: Border#TaskbarSearchBackground
styles:
- Grid.Row=3
- Margin=0,0,0,2
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeAltHighColor}" TintOpacity="0.6" TintLuminosityOpacity="0.6" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" />
- Height=44
- VerticalAlignment=2
- CornerRadius=0,0,7,7
- BorderThickness=0,0,1,1
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichSearchBoxControl#SearchBoxControl
styles:
- Margin=0,0,0,2
- Grid.Row=3
- Height=44
- VerticalAlignment=2
- HorizontalAlignment=0
- Width=340
- target: ScrollViewer > ScrollContentPresenter > Border
styles:
- Margin=0,0,0,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichSearchBoxControl#SearchBoxControl > Grid@SearchBoxStates
styles:
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity="1" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" />
- BorderThickness=1
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.2" />
- CornerRadius=4
- target: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.AnimatedIcon#SearchIconPlayer
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Button#SearchGlyphContainer
styles:
- Visibility=Visible
- Width=35
- Margin=2,0,-11,0
- target: Button#SearchGlyphContainer > Grid > ContentPresenter > FontIcon
styles:
- FontFamily=Segoe Fluent Icons
- FontSize=17
- Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.8" />
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.CortanaRichSearchBox#SearchTextBox > Grid > TextBlock#PlaceholderTextContentPresenter
styles:
- Text=Type here to search
- FontFamily=Segoe UI
- FontSize=15
- Padding=39,0,0,0
- Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.8" />
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.CortanaRichSearchBox#SearchTextBox > Grid > ScrollViewer > Border > Grid > ScrollContentPresenter
styles:
- Margin=38,0,0,0
- FontSize=15
- target: Grid#SearchBoxOnTaskbarGleamContainer > Grid
styles:
- Margin=0,0,-3,0
- CornerRadius=4
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#OuterBorderGrid > Grid#BorderGrid > Border
styles:
- CornerRadius=7,7,0,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#OuterBorderGrid > Grid#BorderGrid > Border#AppBorder
styles:
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeAltHighColor}" TintOpacity="0.4" TintLuminosityOpacity="0.4" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" />
- Visibility=Visible
- BorderThickness=1,1,1,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.TaskbarSearchPage > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#OuterBorderGrid > Grid#BorderGrid > Border#dropshadow
styles:
- Opacity=0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichSearchBoxControl#SearchBoxControl > Grid > Grid#UnderlineContainer
styles:
- Visibility=0
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemAccentColor}" />
- BorderThickness=0,0,0,2
- CornerRadius=5
- Margin=-3,0,-3,0
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > TextBlock#PlaceholderText
styles:
- Margin=28,0,0,0
- Text=Type here to search
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid > Border#BorderElement
styles:
- BorderThickness=0,0,0,2
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemAccentColorLight1}" />
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid > FontIcon#SearchGlyph
styles:
- Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.5" />
- Margin=13,0,-13,1
- Visibility=Visible
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.1" />
- CornerRadius=4
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton
styles:
- CornerRadius=4
- Height=40
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Button#ShowAllAppsButton > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter#ContentPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.StackPanel > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#ShowAllAppsButtonText
styles:
- Text=All apps
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#AllAppsHeading
styles:
- Text=All apps
- target: Image#SearchIconOn
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: Image#SearchIconOff
styles:
- Visibility=Collapsed
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton#SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Border
styles:
- CornerRadius=0
- BorderThickness=0,0,0,2
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemAccentColor}"/>
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity="0.7" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" />
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#AllListHeadingText
styles:
- Text=All apps
- target: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.DropDownButton > Grid@CommonStates
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorDefault}" />
- Background@PointerOver:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorSecondary}" />
- Background@Pressed:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorTertiary}" />
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" />
- BorderThickness=1
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > TextBlock#PlaceholderText
styles:
- Text=Type here to search
- Margin=24,0,0,0
- Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.5" />
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton#SearchBoxToggleButton
styles:
- Height=40
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Rectangle#TextCaret
styles:
- Margin=24,0,0,0
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid
styles:
- BorderThickness=1
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" />
- CornerRadius=4
- target: Grid#TopLevelHeader > Grid > Button > Grid@CommonStates
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" />
- BorderThickness=1
- CornerRadius=5
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton#ShowHideCompanion > Border
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" />
- BorderThickness=1
- CornerRadius=5
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton#ShowHideCompanion > Border > ContentPresenter
styles:
- Height=40
- Width=40
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton#ShowHideCompanion
styles:
- Height=40
- Width=40
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton#ShowHideCompanion > Border > ContentPresenter > FontIcon > Grid > TextBlock
styles:
- FontSize=20
- target: Grid#TopLevelHeader > Grid > Button > Grid@CommonStates > Border#BackgroundBorder
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorDefault}" />
- Background@PointerOver:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorSecondary}" />
- Background@Pressed:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorTertiary}" />
- target: StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > FontIcon#SearchGlyph
styles:
- Visibility=Visible
- Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.5" />
- Margin=13,0,-13,1
- target: Grid#AnimationRoot > Grid#MainMenu > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#AcrylicBorder
styles:
- Opacity=0.5
- target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#MainContent
styles:
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeAltHighColor}" TintOpacity="0.4" TintLuminosityOpacity="0.4" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" />
- CornerRadius=7
- target: Button#ShowMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid@CommonStates
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" />
- BorderThickness=1
- CornerRadius=5
- target: Button#ShowMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border#BackgroundBorder
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorDefault}" />
- Background@PointerOver:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorSecondary}" />
- Background@Pressed:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorTertiary}" />
- target: Button#HideMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid@CommonStates
styles:
- BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}" TintOpacity="0" />
- BorderThickness=1
- CornerRadius=5
- target: Button#HideMoreSuggestionsButton > Grid@CommonStates > Border#BackgroundBorder
styles:
- Background@Normal:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorDefault}" />
- Background@PointerOver:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorSecondary}" />
- Background@Pressed:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource ControlFillColorTertiary}" />
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > Cortana.UI.Views.CortanaRichSearchBox
styles:
- CornerRadius=4
- Grid.Row=3
- Margin=-1,0,-1,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid
styles:
- Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D TranslateY="60" />
- Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" TintOpacity="0" TintLuminosityOpacity="0.7" FallbackColor="{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}" />
- BorderThickness=1
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemBaseHighColor}" Opacity="0.2" />
- Height=44
- CornerRadius=4
- target: Grid#SearchBoxOnTaskbarGleamContainer > Grid > Image
styles:
- Height=40
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl
styles:
- Margin=-4,22,-4,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > Grid#ComposerBoxOnTaskbarGleamContainer
styles:
- Padding=12,6,6,6
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > Cortana.UI.Views.CortanaRichSearchBox > Grid
styles:
- BorderThickness=0,0,0,2
- BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color="{ThemeResource SystemAccentColor}" />
- CornerRadius=4
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > Cortana.UI.Views.CortanaRichSearchBox > Grid > ScrollViewer
styles:
- Margin=8,0,8,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > Cortana.UI.Views.CortanaRichSearchBox > Grid > TextBlock
styles:
- Margin=8,0,0,1
- Text=Ask me anything
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > StackPanel
styles:
- Margin=0,0,5,0
- target: Cortana.UI.Views.RichComposerBoxControl > Grid > StackPanel > Grid > Button > ContentPresenter
styles:
- CornerRadius=6
- target: StartDocked.LauncherFrame > Grid#RootGrid > Grid#RootContent > Border#AcrylicBorder
styles:
- Opacity=0.5


