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Lively supports webpages as wallpaper.

Everything that works in browser will work in additional to Lively API for enhancements.

Web Player Setup

Currently lively supports these web players:

WebView2 (Microsoft Edge)

Uses the native operating system Chromium Edge browser.

WebView2 is included with Windows and kept up-to-date via Windows updates.

If it is missing you can install it by visiting here.

Cef (Chromium Embedded Framework)

Chromium rendering engine using CefSharp library.

How to install CefSharp:

  1. Download the lively_player_cefsharp.zip plugin from release page.
  2. Extract and copy the Cef folder into plugin folder <install_location>/Plugins/
  3. Select Settings -> Wallpaper -> Web Browser -> CefSharp

Note: This is not supported in Microsoft Store version of Lively.

Some difference between Lively web player from regular browser

  • Video/audio autoplay is allowed, no need to mute audio.
  • Lively API support for System Data and Input.
  • Hyperlinks open in the same instance.
  • Custom link handling for Shadertoy and Youtube.
  • Right click menu is disabled.
  • File downloading is disabled.
  • Uses memory cache, settings and cookie gets removed on exit (disk cache can be configured in lively settings.)
  • Minimal - no extension support, less RAM usage.

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