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@AkazaRenn AkazaRenn commented Jan 9, 2026 •
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Summary of the Pull Request

  • Add the option for Peek to allow the window to be always on top
  • Add the option for Peek to allow to not show its icon on the taskbar

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AlwaysOnTop defaults to false, and ShowOnTaskbar defaults to true to match the current behavior.

Peek settings after the change:
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Peek window behavior with AlwaysOnTop set to true and ShowOnTaskbar set to false:
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Validation Steps Performed

  1. Start PowerToys with Peek enabled
  2. In settings, turn off close window on focus loss for ease of validation
  3. Peek something
  4. Turn on always on top, observe the window is now always on top
  5. Turn off always on top, observe the window is no longer always on top
  6. Turn off show icon on taskbar, observe the icon disappeared immediately from the taskbar
  7. Turn on show icon on taskbar, observe the icon re-appeared on the taskbar

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AkazaRenn commented Jan 9, 2026

@microsoft-github-policy-service agree

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Update Peek documentation for PowerToys PR 44645
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microsoft/PowerToys#44645
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Update Peek documentation for PowerToys PR 44645 (#6344)
0bb9417 
microsoft/PowerToys#44645

Co-authored-by: Renn <8340896+AkazaRenn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: John Kennedy <johntkennedy@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Learn Build Service GitHub App <Learn Build Service LearnBuild@microsoft.com>
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niels9001 commented Apr 1, 2026

/azp run

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AkazaRenn commented Apr 11, 2026 •
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Hi @niels9001, is there a plan to get it reviewed given the pipelines are all passing?

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Option to hide Peek icon from taskbar Peek should always on top and can possible new selected files in explorer to update Peek Content

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