Window always on top

Problem description

Sometimes it is pretty useful to set a Window to be always on top e.g. when viewing a video on the side or presenting something with your video camera stream on the top.

 With AutoHotkey it doesn't take more than one line of code:

; Toggle Always on Top CTRL+Shift+SPACE on current window
^+SPACE::  WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, Toggle, A

If you want to add this to a SystemTray icon menu, mind the trick with SendInput, !{Esc} to reset the focus to the previous active Window after clicking on the menu.

Menu,Tray,Add, Toggle AlwaysOnTop (Ctrl+Shift+ Space), SysTrayToggleAlwaysOnTop

SysTrayToggleAlwaysOnTop:

SendInput, !{Esc}

WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, Toggle, A

return

This feature is implemented in the NWS PowerTool

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References

Jack Dunning: AutoHotkey Tip of the Week: Tricks for Tracking and Activating Target Process Windows

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