How to place the desired window on top of other windows

When you work with multiple windows, you often need to place one on top of another. When the desired window is hidden under a pile of others, it is somewhat annoying.

Most Linux distributions provide a built-in ability to place a window on top of or under the other. In Windows or macOS this can be done by external means.

for Windows

4t Tray Minimizer

Very useful application for those who work with many windows. Can not only hide the window to tray, as the name implies, but also to put the boxes on the other, to make the window translucent and collapse the content in the header. All these actions can be assigned their own shortcut keys.

4t Tray Minimizer can be used free of charge. For some extra features you need to pay 19.95 dollars.

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DeskPins

A very simple application that allows you to "pin" the desired window on top of the other. Click on the program icon in the system tray, then drag appeared the pin icon to the window title.

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TurboTop

This utility is even smaller and simpler. After installation in the system tray icon appears, click on which brings up a menu with the names of the open windows. By selecting the menu window in it, you put it above the rest. Click on the name of the window again to return it to its normal state.

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AquaSnap

AquaSnap has many features, including the placement of windows on top of the other. Take the right window for the title, "shake" it, and it will be placed on top of the other. In the settings menu you can select the transparency of the window is fixed.

In addition, AquaSnap can customize the deployment modes and sprawling windows, "sticking" windows to the edges of the screen and much more. The app is free. For an extended version with group settings windows will have to pay 18 dollars.

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for macOS

Afloat

This plug-in for mySIMBL applications that can adjust the transparency of Mac windows and fix the boxes on top of the other. To install, first download and install mySIMBL.

MySIMBL utility to work correctly, you need to disable System Integrity Protection your Mac.

• Restart your Mac. Before the Apple logo appears, press and hold Command + R.
• The system will go into Recovery Mode. Select "Tools," then "Terminal."
• Enter the following command:

csrutil disable

• Restart your Mac again.

then load Afloat in a .ZIP archive, select Clone or download on the download page. Open the file and drag the file from the bundle afloat.bundle folder in the application window.

Now, new items will appear in the Windows menu of your Mac:

Afloat is compatible with most applications.

If for some reason you no longer want to use mySIMBL, you can enable System Integrity Protection. To do this, go back into Recovery Mode and type "Terminal":

csrutil enable

built-in

Many applications, such as media players can display their window on top of the other without assistance.

• VLC: Select "Video", then "Always on top".
• iTunes: Go to the iTunes Preferences, switch to the tab "Add-ons" and enable "Show Mini Player on top of other windows." Then select the menu "Window" and then switch to a mini-player mode.
• Windows Media Player: Click "Order" sign in the "Options" tab, select "player" and enable "Show the player on top of other windows."
• AIMP: Click the icon with the image of a pin header in the player.
• Pidgin: Open the list of modules in the menu "Tools". In the module, "the Pidgin settings for Windows» activate the option "Contact List on top of other windows."
• MPC: Select "Always on top" in the "View" menu.

So can easily accommodate most desired window above the rest. Or maybe you know how poizyaschnee?