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# OnTopReplica
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**A real-time always-on-top “replica” of a window of your choice, for Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 10.**
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This simple utility application shows a blank always-on-top window by default.
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Users can pick any other window of the system to have an always up-to-date clone of the original window shown always-on-top.
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Very useful for monitoring background processes, wrangling with complex multi-window games or tools, watching Youtube videos while working, and so on.
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**📢 Features:**
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* Clone any of your windows and keep it *always-on-top* while working with other windows,
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* Select a subregion of the cloned window, which:
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* Can be stored for future use,
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* Can use *relative* coordinates from the target window’s borders.
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* *Auto-resizing* (fit the original window, half, quarter and fullscreen mode),
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* Position lock on any corner of your screen,
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* Adjustable opacity,
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* “*Click forwarding*”, allows to interact with the cloned window,
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* “*Click-through*”, makes the replica ignore any mouse interaction (turns **OnTopReplica** into an overlay if set together with partial opacity),
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* “*Group switch*”-mode automatically switches through a group of windows while you use them,
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* Non-invasive installation doesn’t require administrator elevation.
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## Requirements
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* Microsoft Windows Vista or greater (the application makes use of native DWM Thumbnails to create replicas),
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* Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0/4.5.
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* Desktop Composition (a.k.a. Windows *Aero*) enabled.
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## Installation
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Get the [latest version (v.3.5.1)](https://github.com/paulodeleo/OnTopReplica/releases/tag/v3.5.1) from the releases section, both as installer and as a standalone portable executable.
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## Contributions
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…are very welcome. Fork away! 🍽️
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Submitting [issues](https://github.com/LorenzCK/OnTopReplica/issues) and other feedback are also appreciated.
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### Roadmap
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1. Update to the newest [WindowsFormsAero](https://github.com/LorenzCK/WindowsFormsAero) version.
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1. Migrate to .NET 4.7.
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1. *High DPI* support!
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1. “Stored scenarios” that, just like stored regions, automatically clone a window (based on title or window class criteria), select a region, and set other options. Ideally to be used as task bar shortlinks.
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1. Move to the Windows Store, via Centennial. 🤞
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## License
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**OnTopReplica** is licensed under the [MS-RL (Microsoft Reciprocal License)](https://github.com/LorenzCK/OnTopReplica/blob/master/LICENSE).
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