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Option to prevent "Always On Top" during Viewer fullscreen mode?

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Option to prevent "Always On Top" during Viewer fullscreen mode?

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Whenever the UVNC (1.4.0.9) viewer goes into Full Screen mode, it sets the fullscreen window to "Always On Top", presumably so that other local windows won't get in its way. Seems unnecessary and inconvenient. Is there any way to disable this behavior? I.e. to let other local windows (e.g. Alt+Tab etc.) appear over the UVNC full screen viewer?

My workaround is an AutoHotKey command that toggles the Windows window "Always On Top" attribute.

Thanks!
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Re: Option to prevent "Always On Top" during Viewer fullscreen mode?

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Without the ontop, your local windows bar is over the remote.
Then you actual see the remote workspace with the local windows bar...not ideal.

To prevent this, full need to be implemented as a fullscreen over the workspace.
You will not longer have a 1:1 when the displays are the workspace is 20 pixels smaller.

Sorry, behaviour stay.
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Re: Option to prevent "Always On Top" during Viewer fullscreen mode?

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I wonder how Google Chrome and other fullscreen-capable applications implement their full-screen window, which covers up the Windows Task Bar but still allows other windows (including the Task Bar) to be raised to the front if they get activated (e.g. by ALT-TAB or pressing the Windows key)? That is the behavior I'm trying to achieve with UVNC viewer -- full screen, but still have access to other windows on my local PC. I don't think full-screen necessarily requires Always On Top. I can turn it off manually (on UVNC Viewer) with AutoHotKey or other window management utilities, but it's a slight repetitive annoyance.

Thanks for your thoughts and excellent software.
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