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CmdPal: Make Dock stay on top of all other windows - #46163

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@jiripolasek Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek) commented Mar 16, 2026 •
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Summary of the Pull Request

This PR makes Dock stay on top of all other windows:

  • Marks the Dock window as topmost when there is no full-screen window.
  • Adds a new option that allows the user to disable this behavior.
  • Adds a timer that polls the system API to determine whether a full-screen window is present.

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  • Communication: I've discussed this with core contributors already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
  • Tests: Added/updated and all pass
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  • New binaries: Added on the required places
  • Documentation updated: If checked, please file a pull request on our docs repo and link it here: #xxx

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Make Dock stay on top of all other windows
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- Marks the Dock window as topmost when there is no full-screen window.
- Adds a new option that allows the user to disable this behavior.
- Adds a timer that polls the system API to determine whether a full-screen window is present.
@jiripolasek Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek) added Product-Command Palette Refers to the Command Palette utility CmdPal - Dock Issues related to the Command Palette Dock Don't merge - Hold for release Hold off on merging this PR, even if it's approved. labels Mar 16, 2026
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@michaeljolley Michael Jolley (michaeljolley) added Merge conflict 🙀 and removed Don't merge - Hold for release Hold off on merging this PR, even if it's approved. labels Mar 27, 2026
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Conflict Jiří Polášek (@jiripolasek)

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Replace fullscreen state polling with appbar notifications (#46507)
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Listen for ABN_FULLSCREENAPP instead of polling
SHQueryUserNotificationState on a timer.

This removes the periodic refresh work and updates the dock's topmost
state directly from appbar fullscreen notifications.
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Merge branch 'main' into dev/jpolasek/f/46161-cmdpal-make-dock-stay-o…
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@jiripolasek Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek) added Needs-Review This Pull Request awaits the review of a maintainer. and removed Merge conflict 🙀 labels Mar 28, 2026
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Michael Jolley (michaeljolley) merged commit a022a9f into main Mar 30, 2026
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@michaeljolley Michael Jolley (michaeljolley) michaeljolley approved these changes
@zadjii-msft Mike Griese (zadjii-msft) Awaiting requested review from zadjii-msft

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@jiripolasek Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek)

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0.99 CmdPal - Dock Issues related to the Command Palette Dock Needs-Review This Pull Request awaits the review of a maintainer. Product-Command Palette Refers to the Command Palette utility

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PowerToys 0.99

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Dock: Keep the Dock always on top

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