Calibre windows and stay-on-top

ownedbycats · 07-11-2020, 02:20 PM

I have a third-party program that adds a 'stay-on-top' button to all the windows which is very useful sometimes. I like to use it on the edit metadata window sometimes when I'm referencing a book online.

However, when I click back to the edit metadata window, Calibre itself pops up in the foreground. (FanFicFare's 'download from URLs' window does this too.) Is there a way to make it stay politely in the background?

BetterRed · 07-11-2020, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I have a third-party program that adds a 'stay-on-top' button to all the windows which is very useful sometimes. I like to use it on the edit metadata window sometimes when I'm referencing a book online.

However, when I click back to the edit metadata window, Calibre itself pops up in the foreground. (FanFicFare's 'download from URLs' window does this too.) Is there a way to make it stay politely in the background?

AFAIK: that behaviour is not peculiar to calibre, it's baked into Windows.

If the utility that provides the Stay on Top feature provides a Roll Up/Down feature (shrink/expand to the title bar), use it before opening the Metadata Edit Dialogue Tool with the keyboard shortcut. When you're done use the Roll Down feature.

I use Actual Tools extra Buttons tool, viz:

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ownedbycats · 07-11-2020, 06:27 PM

I use the free version of 4t Tray Minimizer and it does have a rollup feature. I've not really used it before but I'll enable it.

07-11-2020, 02:20 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,973 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Calibre windows and stay-on-top I have a third-party program that adds a 'stay-on-top' button to all the windows which is very useful sometimes. I like to use it on the edit metadata window sometimes when I'm referencing a book online. However, when I click back to the edit metadata window, Calibre itself pops up in the foreground. (FanFicFare's 'download from URLs' window does this too.) Is there a way to make it stay politely in the background?

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ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,973 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I use the free version of 4t Tray Minimizer and it does have a rollup feature. I've not really used it before but I'll enable it.

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