Auto Hide

Right-click on the Windows taskbar, select Properties, and look for the option to auto-hide the taskbar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I really like it, but don't auto-hide my taskbar anymore. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another classic is taking a screenshot of their desktop, setting their taskbar/dock to auto-hide, hide/minimize all windows, and setting the wallpaper to the screenshot; takes them quite a few clicks to realize the trick. ❋ Unknown (2009)

June 06, 2009 at 5:15 AM wow I thought macs were supposed to be easy to use... maybe I should stick with windows 1. right click on bar 2. choose properties 3. click auto-hide check box philosopher_dog ❋ Unknown (2009)

For more auto-hide goodness, check out our previous guide on auto-hiding the bookmarks toolbar or just clean up some of the clutter by auto-hiding status bar icons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Personally, I stick with just Clock, OptimozTweaks (for an auto-hide/lockable sidebar), the aforementioned IE Tab, and a couple of skins (Orbit 3+1 is real purty). ❋ Zen Tiger (2008)

An example given in the talk put Gmail into a Sidewinder window, docked it to the side of the desktop with auto-hide, and intercepted open window events from GMail created by following a link in an email, for example so that the opened pages appeared in another dockable Sidewinder window. ❋ Chris Jobling (2007)

Auto-hide the control bar in full-screen mode - it functions differently in the following two situations: a. The existing "Player auto hide" option is chosen - in this case, control bar will auto-hide in both normal-screen and full-screen mode. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The existing "Player auto hide" option is not chosen - then the control bar will auto-hide only in full-screen mode and go back to its initial settings when quit the full-screen mode. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just right-click the icon when it's visible, click "Exclude from auto-hide" and that icon will stick around when you hide everything else. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since the program starts out on top of everything without any enabled auto-hide options, you'll need to spend a little time enabling some of those customizations before using the dock. ❋ Unknown (2010)