Use mouse gestures to run code.
About
Floating pixel that can accept mouse gestures.
Benefits
- It looks cute.
- It may help with productivity.
- It follows the mouse cursor.
- Its actions can be customized (by editing the source code).
- Its movement trajectory/logic can be customized (by editing the source code).
- Its appearance can be customized (by editing the source code).
Comparison Table
| Q | “Educational Archive Dust v5” | Dust Append |
|---|---|---|
| Exists? | ✔️ Development completed in 2023 | 😴 Development stopped in 2024 |
| Purpose | Experiment | Nice yet redundant tool |
| Usable? | ✔️ | n/a |
| Documentation, screenshots, video demos? | ✔️Documentation ✔️Video demos |
n/a |
| GitHub repository | ✔️Click to open | n/a |
| GUI? | ✔️PyQt5 | ✔️PyQt6 |
Rationale
The developer made this application in order to build an understanding of the Qt library usage and capabilities regarding the frameless parentless transparent windows with no system taskbar entry in other words, completely invisible windows and QThread creation/termination.