Tiled Start screen and Modern UI apps are the main attractive part of Windows 8 operating system. Modern UI apps don’t sport minimize, maximize, and close buttons. One can either use Alt + F4 hotkey to close an app or by grabbing it from the top edge of the screen and dragging it all the way to the bottom of the screen. Users can also right-click on an app tile that appears in the switch list (use Win + Tab to see switch list) and then click Close button to end the app.
Close Threshold for Metro Apps is a must-have tool for all Windows 8 users. It allows you to improve ways of Metro apps closing. You will able to do much smaller mouse movements/touch "swipes" to close any app.
Close Threshold for Metro Apps is designed to help you change the default behavior of closing modern UI apps in Windows 8. With this tool, one can easily change the default threshold of closing apps through mouse and touch gesture. Using this tool, you can close an app just by dragging down an app from top of the screen to the center.
Also, users who want to disable the default method (dragging from the top of the screen to the bottom) of closing modern UI apps and want to close with Alt + F4 hotkey can use this tool to disable the default feature.
An option is also available to restore all settings their defaults as well. Close Threshold for Metro Apps is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 8, but it does not support Windows 8 RT.
Just set sliders to left, and it will be not nessesary to drag Metro apllication to the bottom edge of the screen! After you click on "Save settings" button Windows Explorer will be restarted and you will able to close Metro application near the top edge of the screen.
With Close Threshold for Metro Apps you will able to do the following :
- to speed up Metro apps closing with mouse
- to speed up Metro apps closing with touch gestures
- to disable Metro apps closing with mouse
- to disable Metro apps closing with touch
Close Threshold for Metro Apps works on Windows 8 RTM and Release Preview, it is portable and does not require to be installed. It is a freeware and can be downloaded from the below link.
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