
This special event could also be a session at the big Build 2021 conference, which is set to begin in the last week of May. Release dateĪccording to reports, Microsoft is set to hold a ‘What’s new for Windows’ event in May. For enthusiasts, Microsoft is believed to be working on bigger changes, including a new optional Start Menu. However, the default functionality of core components won’t be radically different from the current version and it shouldn’t bother most people. You can expect them to look and work better than the current implementation.Īt the moment, there doesn’t appear to be any options to turn off the floating interface in Windows 10. These overhauls will be part of the Sun Valley update and the final version will not have the borders. The floating menus are something we’ve already seen in preview builds of Windows 10X and other operating systems like macOS. The final version will not include the borders around the menu Microsoft is still developing the floating UI feature and it currently works partially, as shown in the below GIF. The same floating design is also coming to Action Center, Clock flyout, Volume flyout, and WiFi flyout. However, at the moment, the design is only live for the jumplist menu. Instead of being attached to the taskbar, right-click menu for pinned/open apps, flyouts, etc will now float above the taskbar, leaving a visible gap. The feature is currently hidden behind the experimental flag “JumpListRestyledAcrylic”, which can be activated if you debug the ShellExperienceHost.exe using Visual Studio and set “JumpListRestyledAcrylic” to visible. Microsoft is going to add a space between the taskbar and the start menu that will make it appear that it is “floating” above said bar.The new UI for taskbar jumplist (right-click menu) places menus within a floating box. Now, with the arrival of Sun Valley, this concept is going to change. When you clicked the start button, it would be displayed next to it, and when you clicked it again, it would be collected. The operating system’s start menu has always been anchored to the taskbar. The first of the changes that most caught our attention has been the new floating start menu that will reach the operating system. This is the floating start menu and round corners of Windows 10 And, with this new branch, big changes will come to the OS such as, for example, rounded corners throughout the interface and a series of floating elements never before seen in this system.

And, with the arrival of 21H2, a new branch of development of the system will begin: “Cobalt”. The “Vibranium” branch of Windows 10 will end with the arrival of Windows 10 21H1, a small update of the operating system.
