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?

  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Can’t easily test this, but it might be possible to set the game itself to “Full Screen (Windowed)” and then tell Plasma to fullscreen the window. You can try this by launching the game and then pressing Alt+F3 to bring up the window menu. In there, you can fullscreen it through Plasma. You can also set a keyboard shortcut for this (I use Meta+F11).