Top 15 Visual Tooltip Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Visual Tooltip makes it possible to show a thumbnail of a window by putting the mouse cursor over a button of the taskbar

The thumbnails can be moved anywhere on the desktop
The thumbnails can be added in a “dock bar”
The thumbnails can have various rotations ( from 0 to 80 degree )
( CTRL key + mouse move on dock or on thumbnails, without clicking )
The dock bar can accept all window’s thumbnails
The tray icons can be added automatically.
The dock bar can replace the taskbar.
Then, add your shortcut to the dock.

1. Visual Task Tips

Visual Task Tips Visual Task Tips is a lightweight shell enhancement utility. It provides thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar, as seen in the Microsoft Windows Vista.......

2. Taskbar Shuffle

Taskbar Shuffle Taskbar Shuffle is a simple, small, free utility that lets you drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons to rearrange them.Allows you to rearrange your system tray icons by dragging and dropping as well.No need to get all nervous when an application crashes or if you need to reboot; you......

3. ViGlance

ViGlance ViGlance is a free lightweight app (uses about 10MB of memory when running) that simulates the Windows 7 Taskbar. it doesn’t replace the entire Taskbar in XP. Instead it replaces just the portion where the Taskbar buttons normally reside, and leaves the System Tray, Quick Launch, and other native sections......

4. SBar Taskbar Replacement

SBar Taskbar Replacement This is a Windows taskbar replacement software that add some new functionality present in Windows 7 to older Microsoft operating systems like Vista and XPIt adds almost all functionality of Windows 7 taskbar back to XP and Vista! Features that SBar add are:1. Grouping taskbar buttons in the way Windows......

5. TranslucentTB

TranslucentTB TranslucentTB is a lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.Features:- multi monitor support- command line options- clear taskbar option- colorful taskbar option- unicode support.......

6. Plank

Plank Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features. Thus, Plank is the underlying technology for......

7. Five Icon Dock

Five Icon Dock Tweaks the dock of your jailbroken iPhone so that it can fit five icons instead of four. This app is available in the Cydia app store (jailbroken iOS devices only).......

8. Video in Picture for Vista

Video in Picture for Vista Video in Picture is a powerful and easy to use program that improves Windows Vista taskbar thumbnail previews by allowing resizing, cropping, moving, and making multiple previews at the same time.......

9. Jump Folder

Jump Folder Jump Folder is a Windows 7 tool designed to mimic some aspects of the Windows XP Start Menu. Specifically, it recreates the ability for the Start Menu to feature customisable sub-menus.......

10. Ultramon

Ultramon UltraMon is a utility for multi-monitor systems, designed to increase productivity and unlock the full potential of multiple monitors. Efficiently move windows and maximize windows across the desktop, manage more applications with the Smart Taskbar, control application positioning with UltraMon Shortcuts, multi-monitor support for desktop wallpapers and screen savers, mirror......

11. tint3

tint3 Born as a fork and C++ port of tint2, tint3 retains backwards compatibility and provides a cleaner code base and better stability.......

12. Actual Multiple Monitors

Actual Multiple Monitors Actual Multiple Monitors is a software utility which offers the comprehensive solution to improve the functionality of Windows user interface for comfortable and effective work with multi-monitor configurations.Actual Multiple Monitors adds taskbar to second monitor and the second taskbar has all features of main taskbar like Start button, toolbars, clock......

13. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer

Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer will allow you to resize & tweak the Windows 7 taskbar thumbnails previews in detail. You can change the size of the thumbnail, its spacing, top, bottom, left, right margins and mouse delay time too!Find the spacing or margin not to your liking? Go ahead......

14. ZBar

ZBar ZBar is a utility for those who use multiple monitors. If you have a single screen, then theres nothing to see here. Move on.If you have two or more monitors, then Windows only puts the task bar at the bottom of one of those monitors, and although you can move......

15. Oh My Zsh

Oh My Zsh Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. That sounds boring. Let's try this again.Oh My Zsh is a way of life! Once installed, your terminal prompt will become the talk of the town or your money back! Each time you interact with your......