![]() We also force the window to stay on the top with the -topmost attribute, and bind a function to ctrl-f. We bind the window manager's closing to a function safe_destroy so that we can kill our TimeThread safely when the user closes the window. Our _init_ sets us up a 500x100 window containing a Label which will display the time, bound to a StringVar. Frame ( self, width = 500, height = 300, bg = "lightgrey" ) self. configure ( "TLabel", foreground = "black", background = "lightgrey", font = ( None, 50 ), anchor = "center" ) self. ![]() In this post I'll talk through the code so that you can also make something like this if you find you need something like this.Ĭlass Timer ( tk. I chose to use tkinter for this, since it's my favourite GUI library for simple things like this. ![]() Windows 10 doesn't have a clock widget, and I don't have on in the room visible when I'm at my desk, so it's been a pain to keep an eye on the time whilst gaming.įor this reason, I decided to use my programming skillz to write a little clock widget for a secondary monitor. I've always had the clock widget and the CPU/RAM dial on my second monitor, so I could keep an eye on the important things whilst I had a full screen game on my primary monitor. Of all the things I thought I may miss, I didn't realise that the desktop widgets would be one of them. Since I decided to pass on Windows 8 and 8.1, this was my first experience with something other than Windows 7 for at least 8 years. No surprise, this laptop came with Windows 10 installed. Update from Geneva: I installed the TP Clock app and it’s just what I was looking for.A few months ago I bought a shiny new gaming laptop as my main computer. Feel free to check them out by launching the Microsoft Store app and searching for the term analog clock app. That’s all there is to installing and configuring the TP Clock app on your Windows 10 PC.Īs I mentioned earlier, there are several other analog clock apps in the Microsoft Store as well. I have my analog clock tucked away in the top right corner of the screen as depicted in this partial screenshot:Īs you can see, it’s sitting in the corner of the screen in a place that’s out of the way, yet always visible when I’m using my PC. Click on the word Move and drag the clock to the location on the Desktop where you want it to remain.Ĩ – (Optional) Click the little gear icon to check out several optional settings that you can change if you want to.ĩ – Click Ok to redisplay the clock face. You should now see the clock displayed on the Desktop.ħ – Click on the clock and you’ll see some options appear. If you’d like to give it a try just follow the steps listed below:Ģ – Select Microsoft Store from the apps list (or you can click the Microsoft Store tile if it’s available).ģ – Click the Search link located in the top-right corner of the Windows Store app.Ĥ – Type TP Clock into the Search box and then click TP Clock app after it pops up.ĥ – After the app info page pops up click the Install button.Ħ – Click the Launch button after it appears. This particular app is very lightweight in terms of the amount of system resources it uses.Īnd although it’s a very simple clock, it’s fairly attractive and it works extremely well. ![]() The one I happen to like best is named TP Clock. However, there are several decent analog clock apps available for free in the Microsoft Store. ![]() Rick’s answer: Geneva, for whatever reason Microsoft decided to remove the analog clock widget from Windows when they released Windows 10. Question from Geneva: When my computer had Windows 7 on it I had an analog clock on the desktop.Īfter I updated to Windows 10 the clock disappeared. ![]()
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