dsh-selection-tools

Looking up a precise definition, translating a foreign-language passage, or understanding a technical paragraph usually means breaking your flow: switching windows, hunting for a translation tool, pasting text, waiting, then switching back. dsh-selection-tools collapses that into a single gesture — select any text in any Windows app, a menu appears instantly, and one click on Explain or Translate streams the answer into a native, always-on-top overlay you can drag and resize.

The primary path never touches the clipboard: a companion process reads the selection and its surrounding paragraph via UI Automation, then hands the context to a real Harness agent session turn. The overlay is a native Win32 layered window with GDI+ rendering — no Edge, no Chrome, no extra processes — and it inherits DSH theme tokens for color and corner radius. Translation adapts to the input: words and phrases get dictionary-style entries with phonetics and usage; full sentences and paragraphs get a complete translation plus a glossary of key terms. The title bar offers one-click copy and built-in Windows speech (SAPI) for reading the source text aloud. When system-level capabilities are unavailable, the same menu and overlay degrade gracefully to in-page selection inside DSH, so nothing is lost.

It is built for developers, researchers, and learners who repeatedly find themselves needing to explain a snippet, translate a passage, or unpack a technical term while working inside a code editor, terminal, IDE, or any other desktop application. As long as DeepSeek Harness is running, a quick mouse selection is all it takes to get an answer without leaving your current workflow.