A lot of Enhancer for YouTube™ users have asked me to add an option to make the pop-out player stay always on top of other windows, but it's not possible because browser extensions have limited capabilities so I'm gonna show you how you can easily do it using AutoHotkey, a popular free and open source software for Windows.
Informs the window system that the window should stay on top of all other windows. Note that on some window managers on X11 you also have to pass Qt::X11BypassWindowManagerHint for this flag to work correctly. If you are on X11 try it. 1 Reply Last reply. Stukdev last edited. I very often have new windows open behind existing windows. I don't want 'always on top' or any of that type of nonsense. I just want new windows to open in front of existing windows. I tried changing ForegroundFlashCount and ForegroundLockTimeout, but to no avail. I currently have them set to 3 and 200,000 respectively.
How to install and use AutoHotkey
First you need to download AutoHotkey so go to the download page and click the 'Download AutoHotkey Installer' button. Once downloaded, execute the file and select 'Express installation'. If you select 'Custom installation' it is recommended to select one of the 'Unicode' versions. Once the installation is complete click on 'Exit' to close the 'AutoHotkey Setup'.
Now follow these steps to create the script that will be used by AutoHotkey:
- On your desktop, right-click on an empty space and select 'AutoHotkey Script' inside the 'New' menu.
- Give the script a name (e.g. AlwaysOnTop) and save it.
- Right-click on the script and select 'Edit Script'.
- Replace the content of the file with the following code:
#Space:: Winset, AlwaysOnTop, Toggle, A - Save the file.
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That's it! Now double-click the script to run it then select the window you want to keep on top of the others and press W (Windows icon key) and Spacebar on your keyboard. When you want to restore the default behavior select the same window and press those keys again. When you want to completely stop the script right-click the green AutoHotkey icon in the system tray and select 'Exit'. If you want to use a different key combination let me know in the comments.
If you want to set the size and position of the window you can modify the script to use WinMove. The following code will move the window in the top right corner but obviously you can specify your own X and Y coordinates and also the width and height of the window:
How To Keep Windows 10 Calculator Always On Top
- Windows 10: Keep a Window Always On Top Posted on November 7, 2019 by Mel Hawthorne 1 Comment There are several different ways you can make sure that a window stays on top of other ones.
- To get started, download the Always On Top utility from labnol.org (on top and press the Ctrl+Space shortcut to stick that window in the front. You no longer have to worry about arranging windows side-by-side to copy-paste information from one window to another.