Microsoft PowerToys’ latest feature could upgrade Microsoft Windows 11 context menu with templates

Creating a latest file is the commonest motion you ceaselessly do in your Microsoft Windows PC. Like each model of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 11 additionally has a sub-context menu “ latest” that permits you to create textual content information, folders, shortcuts, and so on. However, an upcoming EnergyToys characteristic goals to enhance the New choice with templates.

Thanks to the work carried out and proposed by an impartial improvement, upcoming characteristic referred to as “New+ (unconfirmed identify ), will supply a number of file/folder templates that you need to use. Unlike the generic choices obtainable within the New choice, this characteristic will cut back the efforts required to create a folder/file.

After checking the pictures included within the assist doc, we seen that the New+ choice seems within the right-click context menu. It doesn’t change the default “New” choice and co-exists with it. To do this, you need to allow the characteristic by way of EnergyToys settings beforehand.

You can hover over the New+ choice, which reveals the listing of default templates we are able to use.

As proven within the screenshot above, among the templates included within the New+ menu are:

• Empty Folder
• New job software
• Empty
• Daily to-do listing
• PowerShell script

For instance, if you wish to create a latest job software however hate typing the bottom construction of the doc and particulars each time. You can create a template of a job software textual content doc using New+.

After saving the template, you’ll be able to create a latest job software doc proper from the context menu. But that’s not all.

Features and shortcomings

New+ doesn’t confine you to a couple readymade templates. You can create more templates and they’re going to present up in its context menu. New+ shops all of the templates within the Documents folder by default. If you employ OneDrive, the templates will sync to different related PCs.

Changing the icons of every of the templates is feasible, which makes it straightforward to grasp the template’s function. New+ can hide or show file extensions and edit the templates.

You may even add or take away the templates from the context menu or change the save location of the templates. The largest hurdle is an awesome listing of templates within the context menu.

Microsoft Windows 11 doesn’t assist nested context menus. You’ll must scroll by way of the lengthy listing of templates. Once the OS helps it, you’ll be able to place templates belonging to a class contained in the nested context menu.

For instance, a number of job software templates will seem underneath a nested context menu choice referred to as “Job application.”

The identify isn’t finalized but, however the builders plan to create a market for the characteristic. So you’ll be able to share or obtain more templates. Generative AI integration to create templates by way of prompts can also be an interesting concept.

Note that the characteristic isn’t publicly obtainable but.