Comprehensive Features Guide

The Home tab is the command center of the expanded island. It compiles widgets into a compact glass grid so you can assess your day in seconds without opening separate applications:

• Upcoming Alarms Card: Highlights next scheduled chime alarms for the day.
• Today's Timetable: Shows the active routine block from your timetable schedule.
• Pinned Notes: Read and copy up to 2 sticky notes pinned directly from your Notes scratchpad.
• Focus & Pomodoro Timer: Built-in 25/5/15 minute interval timer with start, reset, and skip controls.
• Quick Drop Zone: Instant drag-and-drop landing area to stash temporary files.

DLives integrates deeply with Windows APIs to control audio and hardware sliders directly from the island:

• System Media Transport Controls (SMTC): Native interop controlling Spotify, Chrome, Edge, VLC, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. Live track titles, artist metadata, and media triggers (Play/Pause, Skip, Previous).
• Master Audio Scalar Slider: Powered by Windows Core Audio API (pycaw) for smooth 0–100% precision audio level adjustments.
• Display Brightness Slider: Controls primary and secondary monitor backlight levels without requiring external monitor buttons.

Stay on track with lightweight, standalone alarm chimes that don't depend on Windows Clock:

• Time Picker & Repeat Days: Set time down to the minute and assign days (M, T, W, Th, F, Sa, Su).
• Sound Selector: Pick between system exclamations, digital chirps, or gentle chimes.
• Slide-in Banner Alerts: When an alarm fires, an interactive modal card appears with Dismiss and 5-minute Snooze actions.
• Daily Timetable Checklist: Configure recurring daily schedule blocks to check off as you work.

Never lose your thoughts. Notes in DLives are designed with zero proprietary lock-in:

• Live Keystroke Auto-Save: Content is written to disk instantly on every keypress.
• Pin to Home: Toggle the pin icon to surface your top priority notes right on the Home tab.
• Copy to Clipboard: One-click button copies entire note content immediately.

A fast, uncluttered calendar embedded directly in your floating island:

• Glassmorphism Monthly Grid: Smooth date selection with today indicator.
• Event Scheduler: Add timed or all-day notes/events tied to specific dates.
• Offline JSON Storage: Stored locally in %AppData%\DLives\calendar.json.

Never retype or lose previously copied links, snippets, or paths:

• Auto-Capture Clipboard: Silently remembers copied text, URLs, and code snippets in an accessible list.
• One-Click Re-Copy: Click "Copy" on any historical item to make it active in your system clipboard.
• File Shelf Zone: Drop files into the island to hold them while switching between directories or applications.

Live hardware performance metrics updated every second:

• CPU & RAM Load: Live utilization percentages and total memory breakdown.
• Network & Wi-Fi: Active connection name and signal strength metrics.
• Battery & Power: Exact percentage, discharge rate, and AC charging status.
• Disk & Temp File Cleaner: View remaining space on C: drive and trigger a 1-click temporary cache flush.

Quickly access essential tools without cluttering your desktop:

• Preconfigured Shortcuts: File Explorer, PowerShell / Terminal, Arcu, and standard utilities.
• Custom App Addition: Pin any .exe or script with a custom label.

Tailor every visual and behavioral property of DLives:

• Live Theming: Choose between Dark and Light mode, 10 curated accent swatches (Sky Blue, Emerald, Rose, Amber, etc.), or input custom hex values.
• Glass Opacity & Corner Radius: Fine-tune translucency (0–100%) and corner curvature (0–30px).
• Dock Position: Place the island at Top-Center, Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom-Center, Bottom-Left, or Bottom-Right.
• Tab Manager Studio: Open the full resizable studio window to enable, disable, or reorder tabs to create your ideal setup.