the1812 / Voxel

Tile generator for Windows 10

Voxel

Tile generator for Windows 10

About Tiles

Windows tile can have different size depending on the DPI.

• Non-scalable Tile: The size of tile image is fixed.
• Scalable Tile: Images with different sizes, Windows can choose the currect one automatically.
• Image Tile: Dozens of non-scalable tiles that show an image like a jigsaw.

App Settings

The settings file is saved in the same directory and named Voxel.settings.json. Here is default settings:

{
	"ShowSplashScreen" : true,
	"StartMenu" : {
		"Fullscreen" : false,
		"ShowMoreTiles" : false
	},
	"NonscalableTile" : {
		"AutoLoadXml" : true,
		"AutoLoadVoxelFile" : false,
		"ClearTileCacheOnGenerate" : true,
		"ColorPickerView" : {
			"PreviewOnTile" : true,
			"RgbMode" : false
		}
	}
}

• ShowSplashScreen: Show a splash screen when app is starting.
• StartMenu: The editor use these settings to determine the size of tile.
  • Fullscreen: Set it to true if you use fullscreen start menu.
  • ShowMoreTiles: Set it to true if you enabled Show More Tiles in system settings.
• NonscalableTile: Settings for non-scalable tile editor.
  • AutoLoadXml: If the $TargetName$.VisualElementsManifest.xml exists in the same directory, load tile information from it.
  • AutoLoadVoxelFile: If the $TargetName$.voxel exists in the same directory, load tile information from it.
  • ClearTileCacheOnGenerate: When generating, scan all shortcut files on start menu that match the current target, and refresh them.
  • ColorPickerView: Settings for color picker.
    • PreviewOnTile: Preview new color on editor.
    • ShowSampleText: Obsoleted since 4th release. Show sample text to check the readablity.
    • RgbMode: If true, color picker will use RGB color model when it starts (default is HSB). Voxel will update it after you close a color picker.

A Brief Help

• Main Window:
  • Non-scalable Tile:
    • Select Target: Select the target file, or right-click to select folder.
    • Select Image: Select the image that shows on your tile, or right-click to use no image (show the icon of target).
    • Set Backcolor: Set backcolor of tile, or right-click to use default color.
    • Use Dark Theme: If checked, the tile name will be black (useful when background image is bright).
    • Show Name: If checked, your tile will show target name.
    • Medium/Small: Toggle this to see what your tile looks like on different sizes.
    • Reset: Reset all tile settings above except the target.
    • Generate: Generate all necessary files for your tile, and clear tile cache if it's enabled in settings.
    • Add to Start: Create a shortcut file on Start Menu folder so that you can pin it later.
    • Import: Import tile data from .voxel file.
    • Export: Export tile data to .voxel file.
  • Scalable Tile: Coming soon.
  • Image Tile: Coming soon.
  • Clear Tile Cache: Clear cache for all tiles on start menu.

  You can qucikly make it by using the command-line argument --clear.