Vitrite: Change App Windows Transparency To View Underlying Windows

Vitrite is a small Windows utility for netbook users that allows you to manually adjust the level of transparency for almost any visible window. It does this by utilizing a capability present in Windows for variable window transparency.

Generally, netbook users find it very difficult to move around application windows, as they have a small screen and a tiny touchpad. You may want to take a quick-view in the application window which is behind the current window to see its status, but moving the current window around may be a task for you on your netbook.

If you’re facing such difficulty, you should use an application which can change windows opacity easily. Vitrite is such an application which allows the user to change the current visible application windows transparency to see status of the task being performed in the underlying application windows.

After you’ve downloaded and installed the application, it will be available through the Windows system tray. You can adjust between 10 transparency levels to adjust windows opacity. The combination of Ctrl Shift Numerical key just above QWERTY keys defines different level of transparency. So, pressing Ctrl Shift 0 (zero) removes transparency and Ctrl Shift 9 makes the active window completely transparent. If you want to make a window partially transparent, you can use the Ctrl Shift 5 combination. There are 9 different levels of transparency: 1=10% opaque, 9=90% opaque, and everything in between.

Vitrite also has the ability to toggle a window’s “always on top” flag. Just press Ctrl Shift + (that’s the plus sign) and it will make the active window float on top of the other windows. Press it again to reverse this behavior.

Vitrite is completely open-source GNU licensed application. It is very small in size and is very handy for every netbook user.