Powertoys: Key combination to pin windows to stay on top of others

[Sollace]

It's an incredibly simple feature, but _sooo_ useful. I've had a utility installed to do this for a few years now and I never go on a new windows install without it. When I use other people's PCs as well, I really miss the ability to keep a specific window in front.

How it works:

As I have it at the moment, pressing Ctrl+Space on any desktop window will toggle the always on top state of that window. When that's done, they effectively stay in front, even when focus changes to another window after that.

What it's for:

Doing that allows me to put some content I want to see (a video, browser tab, some instructions, or notes) on my display whilst I work/type into a different window.

When I'm done I just focus my pinned window and use Ctrl+Space to return it to normal.

What I'd change:

Admittedly, the Ctrl+Space key combination is sometimes problematic when gaming, where I might need the same combination for something else. That's why I suggest changing it to some combination with the Win key instead.

Win+Space is (annoying) used to switch keyboard layouts, so it might have to become something like Win+Alt instead.

It would also help, though, to allow the user to configure the shortcut, as well as a visible button to pin/unpin windows similar to the "Maximize to new desktop widget".

[geoken]

This sounds like it would be very useful. There are a lot of situations where I have to copy info from one window to another, but the source window doesn't allow copying (possibly its an image of a serial number or MAC address).

Opening the source window, pinning with a shortcut, alt+tabbing to the destination, entering data, alt+tabbing focus backed to pinned source and unpinning or alt+f4 sounds like a fantastic workflow.

[bergamin]

Even though your suggestion is much more detailed, I believe this is a duplicate of #13. You could add your behaviour suggestions there as well to make sure it is seen...

I would like to see a 4th button on the right top corner to the left of the minimize button (and a key binding as well of course)

[Sollace]

@bergamin Yes, thanks! That one didn't come up in my search query so I'd assumed no one had requested it yet.

I'll put my suggestions there and leave this one open for people to find. (MS can decide which story to keep)

[belg4mit]

You can do this with The Wonderful Icon, which would be a fine addition to the Power Toy chest.

[crutkas]

should be tracked as part of #13, good implementation detail