Watch YouTube in a transparent always-on-top window
Keep a YouTube video above your work with Pin Windows. Use a separate browser window, adjust opacity and keep playback controls within reach.
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Practical guides, tips and answers to common questions. Explore 10 articles.
Keep a reference picture on top while drawing
Keep a reference image visible over Photoshop, Krita or Blender, choose between an app workspace and a pinned viewer, and avoid covering your tools.
Keep PDF instructions on top with one monitor
Read a PDF manual while following its steps in another app: separate the viewer window, pin it, choose a readable layout and keep page controls available.
Always on Top in Excel: Freeze Panes or a Pinned Window
Looking for always on top in Excel? Usually you want to freeze rows or columns. If you mean the window itself, here is how to pin it.
Always on Top Not Working on Windows: Causes and Fixes
A pinned window drops behind others? Check topmost conflicts, admin apps, Game Mode, excluded apps, shortcut clashes and full-screen apps.
Always on Top Shortcut for Windows: Set, Change, Fix
Win+Ctrl+T in PowerToys, your own shortcut with AutoHotkey, why Ctrl+Alt shortcuts can clash with typing, and what to do when a shortcut fails.
How to Keep Any Window Always on Top in Windows 11 and 10
Windows has no built-in switch for this. Four ways to keep a window on top: the app's own option, PowerToys, Pin Windows and an AutoHotkey script.
Keep Task Manager, Calculator and Notepad on Top
Calculator has a Keep on top button, Task Manager has an Always on top setting, Notepad does not. How to use them and what to do for the rest.
Make a Window Transparent and Click Through It on Windows
Make a window see-through and let clicks pass through it. How it works in Windows, how to do it with Pin Windows, and where it does not work.
Windows 11 Transparency: Effects, Terminal, Any Window
Three different things share the word transparency: the Windows effect in Settings, Windows Terminal opacity, and a see-through window of any app.