XYplorer Beta Club

A while back the full screen preview started to take focus from any other windows, i.e. I cant even Alt+Tab to any other open window while the preview is up, I have to close the preview first in order to switch to any other window.
I preferred the old way which allowed me to Alt+Tab between windows while full screen preview was on.

I can Alt-Tab away from it no problem. Win 8.1.

It works in a fresh instance for me as well but I haven't figured out yet which setting might be responsible for it not working in my regular instance.

RalphM wrote:It works in a fresh instance for me as well but I haven't figured out yet which setting might be responsible for it not working in my regular instance.

I think I got it. To fix the issue discussed around here...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17903&p=152328#p152328
...I added something special for Win10 but with collateral damage: Alt+TAB does not work anymore.

It's weird now that it works for you in a fresh instance -- is that Win10?

admin wrote:...is that Win10?

Yep, as per my signature.

PS: Just tested in a fresh instance again and it works there but still no joy in my regular config on v19.10.0205

Tested it on my Win10, and found it sometimes works, sometimes half-works, sometimes doesn't work at all, depending on the number of opened apps and luck. So a Win10 bug is involved here as well.

Can't do anything about it. Making the Full Screen Preview the topmost window was the only way to cover the taskbar in Win10.

So I'm just lucky that it always works in a fresh instance but never in my regular config even though I'm not changing anything of my my other open apps, just add a second instance of XY? Unlikely I'd say.
Your statement that to make the preview the topmost window was the only way to cover the taskbar in W10 - well it's not covered in either of my two instances, see screenshots below:
So I assume there's more to the story and I would certainly prefer being able to use Alt+Tab in all cases over having the taskbar covered.

OK, I don't know what's the secret truth behind this but I will add a tweak (to make it topmost), so the default setup should revive Alt+Tab for you in the next beta.

After updating to 19.10.0206 (with the new default FullScreenTopmost=0) I can finally Alt+Tab away from XY's full screen preview again, thanks.
Funny thing though, now the preview does cover the taskbar as well, as if the logic was somehow reversed on my system?!?

Wow. But the result is perfect, so let's not touch it again.

Agreed, let's hope everybody else is happy with either setting of this (would still like to know the reasons for the strange behavior on my system but the urge to investigate further will subside eventually).

Works like a charm, but actually it is weird that the preview is topmost, however the topmost tweak is not set. I am wondering if the tweak should be deleted completely... I can't experience any difference in either state.

Same here. I think I will just remove it.