microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Always on top combined with "full screen" mode (F11) for a browser

Open
#45,206 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Idea-Enhancement Needs-Triage Product-Always On Top
Dominant language
C
Stars
139k
Forks
8.6k
PR merge metrics
PR metrics pending

Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I want to keep a dashboard open on top of my other windows. That works great! But I'd also like to have some way to constrain the "full screen" view of my browser page to the smaller window. I get that this is a browser thing, more so than a power toys AOT thing.

Scenario when this would be used?

I rely on being able to see a browser page that updates every 10-12 minutes. Sure, it's trivial, but so many of the power toys are seemingly trivial but boy they do some helpfull things.

Supporting information

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the PowerToys Always on Top behavior alongside the browser's F11 full-screen behavior. Determine whether the requested constrained full-screen view can be defined without browser-specific changes, and document the expected behavior and limitations before implementation. Done means the interaction between the smaller always-on-top window and browser full screen is clearly specified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.