RESOLVED - When sharing your screen in the new Teams, how can you hide a bar that is intruding on tabs behind it

Anonymous
2023-10-11T19:02:14+00:00

When sharing your screen on the new Teams, the share screen bar disappears but another bar remains that tells you you are sharing your screen and provides a quick option to stop sharing. However, this bar intrudes on any tabs that are behind it and if you barely scroll over/touch it, it immediately opens up the big share screen bar. How can we get this bar to disappear? I've tried clearing cache for Teams, Teams is also up to date. This wasn't an issue in the older version of Teams and has become very frustrating for presenting during meetings.

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Meetings and calls | Screen sharing

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Anonymous
2024-03-11T09:32:04+00:00

So thanks to a very earlier post that gave the ALT-F4 'solution'.

What I found was that you have to 'click' into the app, so screenshots below.

First is the 'standard' banner.

Second is when you 'hover' over the first.

NOW at this point I click on the 'greyed out' LAYOUT button, which places me in the app.

THEN I do ALT-F4.

To 'quit' or stop sharing, you then have to click on the icon in the taskbar (if one set) to show the call you are in, and there's a stop sharing button in there (final picture).

Had to 'sanitize' the picture- so apols for the black mess - my boss wouldn't like his name and picture banded across the web.

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Anonymous
2023-11-14T12:09:56+00:00

This bar is really annoying. When trying to change browser tabs there is no way to stop that stupid bar from being in the way. Someone made a wrong decision changing it to work like that. Please add a setting to hide this bar completely

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Anonymous
2024-01-04T10:20:01+00:00

Hello I’m Adeyemi and I’d be happy to help you with your question. I understand your frustration. This issue has been reported by other users as well. Currently, Microsoft Teams does not provide an option to hide the sharing bar during a screen share. The bar is designed to disappear when you move your mouse away from it, but it can reappear if your mouse hovers over the area where the bar is located. There are some workarounds suggested by users, but they may not fully resolve the issue: 1. Use Vertical Tabs: Some users have found it helpful to use vertical tabs in their browser during a Teams screen share 2. Adjust Browser Window: You could try adjusting your browser window so that the tabs are not located under the Teams sharing bar. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/hide-bar-at-top-of-teams-sharing/td-p/3256203 Microsoft is aware of this issue and it is likely to be implemented in a future update I hope this helps Give back to the Community. Help the next person who has this issue by indicating if this reply solved your problem. Click Yes or No below Regards Adeyemi

You say - "The bar is designed to disappear when you move your mouse away from it, but it can reappear if your mouse hovers over the area where the bar is located."

BUT it doesn't disappear - unless there is some hidden option in the settings - then please let us know.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-10T07:57:25+00:00

    this must be a joke? right?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-09T21:21:03+00:00

    The answer is in this thread, but to summarize -

    How To Hide the Screen Sharing Toolbar

    PROBLEM STATEMENT: Teams bug - the Screen Sharing toolbar never auto-hides - prevents selection of tabs in a browser while sharing.

    WORKAROUND:

    • Hover over the screen sharing toolbar to expand it (larger toolbar shows the pin, etc.)
    • Click on the expanded toolbar to give it focus (e.g., white space near the pin)
    • Type Ctrl+W or Alt+F4 (i.e., "close window")
    • Toolbar disappears - now you can select tabs on your browser!

    NOTE: this is not a toggle - there's no way to bring the toolbar back during your sharing session, and you will have to hide it every time you share.

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