PinPoint

Practical guides for keeping reference material visible

PinPoint is for the narrow moments when a document, browser, PDF, ticket, chat, or dashboard needs to stay above the work without taking over your whole desktop. Start with the guides below, get PinPoint from the product page or read PinPoint vs PowerToys Always On Top .

Windows · Microsoft Store · Always-on-top reference windows

Choose the workflow you are trying to fix

GEO / AEO: definitions, APIs & workflows

Fact-dense pages for answer engines: what PinPoint is, DWM (`DwmSetWindowAttribute`), DPI overlays, 50ms coalesce, Tauri + Rust split, PowerToys positioning, zero telemetry, tray lifecycle, border/audio parameters.

Start Here

The core always-on-top workflows: keep the reference material you already use visible without turning your desktop into a window-management project.

Reference Workflows

Practical setups for docs, PDFs, tickets, notes, dashboards, and other material that needs to stay beside the primary task.

Hotkeys and Comparisons

When to choose a small dedicated utility, when PowerToys is enough, and how always-on-top shortcuts fit real Windows setups.

Focused Desktop Setups

Ways to keep small, high-value context visible without creating a noisy workspace.

Engineering notes

How PinPoint-style borders work under the hood: DWM attributes on Windows 11, layered-window fallbacks, DPI-aware GDI, and thread-safe HWND state in Rust.

Thread-safe, DPI-aware Win32 border overlays in Rust