cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42657201

I’m struggling to replicate some window behavior I’m used to (from Windows) on a new install. Does anyone have any insight?

My goal is to play a game full screen but still be able to pin windows above it.

If a game is set to Full Screen, “Keep Above Others” doesn’t work.

If I run a game Full Screen (Windowed), it keeps the taskbar visible and gives me cropped resolution options.

The only way I’ve found that works is manually configuring each window property to turn off the title bar, set a fixed position, and a minimum resolution. And also setting the taskbar to Auto Hide.

I don’t want to manually configure every game (which often requires restarting it multiple times). I don’t want my taskbar to Auto Hide. And I want it to be hidden until I alt+tab or press the start key.

Is this possible?

  • glimse@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Turns out it was turned off by default. I tried it both ways to no avail.

    I can alt+tab and the window shows up above the game (until I click back into the game) so it’s obviously capable of it. Windows also have no issues displaying above the game when I have the game set to Keep Below Others.

    I have no technical knowledge on how this works but it seems like “Keep Above Others” isn’t actually moving it to the top layer.