TinyHand for Windows 0.1.0 (preview)

A first preview of TinyHand for Windows: a tiny hand on a stick that points at things on your screen. It uses the same hands, sounds and logo as the Mac app.

Try it

1. Download TinyHand-Windows-0.1.0.zip and unzip it anywhere.
2. Run TinyHand.exe. A tray icon appears.
3. Press Ctrl+Alt+H, or click the tray icon, to turn the pointer on.

Click to tap, hold and drag to draw, Esc to exit. The toolbar at the bottom of the screen picks the hand. Right-click the tray icon for Settings.

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Settings needs the WebView2 runtime, which comes with Windows 11 and current Windows 10.

What works

• The 36 hands and the laser, with shadow, tap sounds and drawing that fades.
• A toolbar you can customize, and per-monitor placement and scaling.
• Click through: plain clicks reach the app under the pointer while drags still draw. Toggle with Ctrl+Alt+C.
• Hold Alt to click for real with your normal cursor.
• A settings window for all of the above.

Known limits

• This build is not code-signed. Windows SmartScreen may warn the first time you run it. Choose "More info", then "Run anyway".
• Apps running as administrator cannot be drawn on or tapped, because Windows blocks input hooks across that boundary.
• Not done yet: an installer, auto-update, a shortcut recorder, "make your own hand", the toolbar ink color button and opening at login.
• Mixed display scaling has only been checked with a simulated second monitor.

If something looks wrong, a log is in %APPDATA%\TinyHand\log.txt.

Based on TinyHand for Mac by Kamran Ahmed. MIT license.