Microsoft is attempting to cut back Home windows 11’s desktop highlight muddle

Home windows 11’s Highlight characteristic is a reasonably good technique to jazz up your desktop background with completely different wallpapers and enjoyable details once you hover over the picture icon.

The issue with the present method is that it takes up quantity of area on the desktop once you attempt to be taught extra in regards to the wallpaper.

As proven within the above screenshot, the Highlight pop-up covers about 20% of the desktop area and hyperlinks to Bing search outcomes, together with “Ask Copilot.”

Microsoft understands that some customers won’t like how the Highlight characteristic takes over their desktops.

In Home windows 11 Construct 22635.4145 for the beta channel, Microsoft is testing some changes to the Highlight expertise on the desktop, together with the addition of hotspots when customers right-click on the Home windows Highlight icon.

In a future launch, you may discover these Highlight pop-ups with a decreased flyout.

“There is no such thing as a change to the interplay mannequin the place proper click on opens the expertise in full display screen and double clicking launches the Bing touchdown web page,” Microsoft famous in a weblog put up.

“When in full display screen, you’ll now see two hotspots which might be animated to help discovery, and which is able to reveal further data on hover. Clicking on a hotspot will shut the complete display screen expertise and launch the Bing touchdown web page.”

Microsoft additionally promised that the hotspots will reveal further data on hover, so that you now not must go to Bing to be taught extra in regards to the Highlight.

Along with a decluttered Highlight UX, Construct 22635.4145 ships with an up to date Settings > Bluetooth & Units > Mouse part, which now consists of the choice to show off enhanced mouse pointer precision and a toggle for altering mouse scrolling path.

These choices had been beforehand provided solely within the Management Panel, however they’re now obtainable in Settings.