Hiding Teams Control Task Bar (at Bottom of Teams Screen) During a Meeting (So Screenshot of Shared Screen is Clean)

Anonymous
2019-08-13T20:02:08+00:00

Anyone know if there's a way to hide the default Teams meeting control task bar at the bottom of the screen so I can take screenshots of what is being shared/displayed on the without that in the way? Thanks.

Also, Teams isn't a "Category" option when I'm posting this. Nor is it listed in the "Office Topic" while "Skype" still is. Might want to update that since Teams has been released. As such, I'm having to post in "Unknown/Other".

Moved from Unknown/other  / Windows 10  / Unknown/other

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Anonymous
2019-08-14T00:02:23+00:00

Hi BenBo_2020,

Thanks for post your question in our forum, I have moved your thread to the correct category “Office 365 for admins  / Microsoft Teams  / Office 365 for business”, if you have any other questions when using Teams in the future, welcome to post a new thread in our forum.

Based on your description, you want to hiding the Teams control task bar (like below picture). I just tested this on my side, the task bar will auto hiding after you move your mouse outside of the sharing screen for a while. Could you please test this on your side to see if this works for you?

Hope above information helps. Please feel free to share the result with us or let me know if you need further suggestions, I'll happy to continue to help you.

Best regards,

Jennifer

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T23:57:18+00:00

    Would like to move the task bar elsewhere on the screen as we collaborate with others and share control of screens with others. It is always in the way and making it difficult to collaborate with the taskbar in the middle of the screen. 

    Would help if we can move it around rather than having the taskbar in fixed positions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T23:56:00+00:00

    How do I unsubscribe to this community please? Microsoft has not answered my question and my inbox is being filled with frustrated subscribers' comments. I can't find the "..." ellipse they mention in the option to unsubscribe.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T17:58:54+00:00

    Why is Microsoft not ready this? What definition of "solve" could they be using? There is no solution to this without a software change. (Option: move the mouse brings up toolbar vs docked somewhere or menu to bring it up. Does one have to enter a bug or what?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T17:16:13+00:00

    Sorry  it's not working  for you all.

    Again,  I can get a clear screen shot but it takes planning:

    1. The mouse pointer has to have a space to rest that is totally off the TEAMS screen  monitor area. The TEAMS  screen area has to be shrunk down to create this rest area.  When the mouse pointer is parked in this rest area, the TEAMS Control Bar fades and goes to sleep after to  2 or 3 seconds * .

    2 . I keep a Power Point document open visible in the rest  area. .

    1. for a screen shot, I use the Snipping Tool . On my monitor, I can active the Snipping Tool without touching the TEAM area so the Control Bar remains sleeping and unseen .  The  Snipping Tool can be used to select the area on the TEAMS screen  without wakening the Control Bar. Then it can  copy and paste to Power Point with no Control Bar .

    I understand this is still frustrating as TEAMS should not require this kind of work around .

    And if the presentation is moving fast,  things will be missed.

    If anyone has a better solution, please post it .

    Microsoft is not reading this Community item as they considered it solved in August 2019 , so we  are trying to solve it without their help .

    * the time can seem longer  , and may be affected by the network speeds available

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