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
    2020-06-09T00:21:58+00:00

    Hi Jennifer

    Can you pls let me know if there is any option to enable the "auto hide" of the control task bar?

    In my case the control task bar doesnt automatically hide and stays up through out the meeting.

    Please help

    Regds

    Chiru

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-06T15:35:29+00:00

    Hi. I agree. I do not have anything to do with microsoft. I just found that if you do not put your  mouse over teams the control stays hidden.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-06T15:20:19+00:00

    Hi Jennifer, it's pretty obvious by the trail of comments below that this solution is unsatisfactory.  

    Yes if you move the cursor outside the screen the box will hide, but as soon as you move the cursor it pops up again.  Why would we want to move a cursor during a meeting..... To chat or comment, to visually navigate the screen, to reply to emails, in fact to do anything active other than just looking at the screen requires moving the cursor.  See the problem??

    Perhaps you've not used the platform - I'll happily invite you to one of my Teams meetings so you can see how unbelievably irritating it is to have users share documents but have a third of the doc hidden by the control box.  

    The request is simple - can users have the functionality to move or hide the control box (and be able to do other activities without it returning again)?  I look forward to a positive response. 

    Fiona

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-05T09:06:01+00:00

    Hi

    Yes the Control bar disapears but only after some time. If capturing screen shots you might miss it by the time the bar disapears especially. 

    Is there or will there be an opportunity to switch it off, minimize or make it way smaller.

    In my case everytime I move my cursor over the Teams App the Bar appears and it blocks part of the shared screen I need to see.

    Feedback would be appreciated. I like Teams, really do.

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