Hide Window(s) title bar?

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Rightclick the taskbar and select "Properties", then check the "Auto-hide
the taskbar" box.

Tada

Andy

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Technically it would be possible to write a program which sends proper
windows messages to all or selected windows to hide title bars. I don't know
that anybody has actually written such program. But who knows...


<wintermute_101_nospam@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:1122765975.766040.188960@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Lately, I have become a bit obsessed with maximizing screen estate - I
> want as much content as possible with as little visual "bling" as
> possible (I maximize the window of every application I am using).
>
> Several applications - such as Opera - allow removing the menu,
> toolbars, taskbars etc. from the screen, but one thing usually remains:
> the standard Window(s) title bar.
>
> On a 1280x1024 display, that leaves quite a lot of blue (or silver)
> nothing on top with just the Minimize/Restore/Close widgets in the
> right corner.
>
> Using Display Properties, I have squeezed the title bar down to 11
> pixels, but I wonder if there is a way to switch it off completely - if
> possible, using a keyboard shortcut so you can get it back should I
> really need to move a menu.
>
> (I know that several applications provide some kind of full-screen
> mode, but a system-wide solution would be appreciated)
>
> And if you think that saving 2% of screen space is ridiculous, you are
> probably right. Call it the final stage of UI minimalism.
>
> TIA.
>

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> I'm sure if you googled you question you would find an answer...

No, it did not. Otherwise I would not ask around here.

> try desktop-x by stardock

I am not prepared to *add* a very bulky and complex "Windows makeover"
software when I just want to *remove* one component of the UI. I was
looking for an "onboard" solution, like a registry hack.

Well. I am using a very small font for title bars now and will leave it
at that.

Thanks anyway.