How do I make Teams chats auto hide and open only when I hover over them?

Anonymous
2024-08-27T10:19:58+00:00

Hi all,

The way I work is that I have Teams open on the half of my 3rd small screen (laptop).

Today I realized that recent chats pane just stay open which means that actual chat is now 1/4 of the screen.... (small slice)

Previously I had to hover over chats icon and then select which chat I want to answer.

This feature works when I zoom in A LOT (ctrl +) but it's impossible to work this way.

I tried following things:

  • Resize Teams window from both sides
  • Move Teams window from left to right and then resize
  • Unpin/Pin Chats icon
  • Modify settings.json file with different settings...no luck

Details:
Microsoft Teams version: 24193.1805.3040.8975

Teams Client version: 49/24080212008
Everything works fine under version: 49/24071128825

Can somebody assist please? :)

TO SAVE YOUR TIME - USE THIS FIX

Go to apps and features found the app > clicked advanced options
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scroll down to the reset area and choose reset the app

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this is apparently a glitch that happens sometimes

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Anonymous
2024-09-06T12:47:59+00:00

This happened to one of my coworkers this morning to fix it he:

went to apps and features found the app > clicked advanced options

scroll down to the reset area and choose reset the app

this is apparently a glitch that happens sometimes

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-05T00:51:09+00:00

    hover over the magnifying glass and click expand search box

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-05T01:00:04+00:00

    hover over the magnifying glass and click expand search box

    Thanks Bondi Lion! But then the search bar eats up the entire header real estate and I lose my avatar... then I have to close the search bar to get to my avatar... then I have to open search again but lose my avatar... sad.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-05T07:48:41+00:00

    Hi Feroz,

    This is incorrect. It worked fine for my up until last week but mine has also broken and I now can't have Teams permanently open on the screen due to its size.

    Please fix this!

    Regards,

    Henrik Morsing

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