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rayted22
Iron Contributor
Mar 14, 2022
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Hide bar at top of teams sharing

Hi all   When I share my screen in meetings it involves using a browser i.e. I`m presenting things using google chrome.   I get a bar asking me to change my screen size/settings etc on teams. It'...
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  • StevenC365's avatar
    StevenC365
    Mar 21, 2022

    rayted22 I'm not aware of any way to disable it. It's generally needed is you end up giving control to other people.

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karun-work
Copper Contributor
Nov 06, 2023
I agree. This is very annoying in New Teams. Never fan of the top bar because it doesn't always go away when you click away, not just in Teams but in other apps too.
To make it worse, there is permanent red bar saying "You're sharing your screen". Others can see what's underneath it but I can't. Thanks Microsoft, this was the feature that was missing before.
  • Andrea2023's avatar
    Andrea2023
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 06, 2023
    I agree with this karun-work; for me the behaviour of this top bar is worse on the New Teams. It was better in classic teams - at least in classic teams there is a way to make it go away - but it seems there's no way at all on the New Teams
    • humph_'s avatar
      humph_
      Brass Contributor
      Dec 18, 2023

      Andrea2023agree 100%.

      It really gets in the way, you can't move it, you can't close it.
      It blocks the browser tags or whatever you are presenting.
      The Thumb tack/pin has no effect, on or off. You can't drag it.

      It's a massive bug.

      People watching your presentation can't see it, so they can't understand why you are crashing about.

       

      I have found one workaround: drag the whole window of your presentation/browser, down a few centimetres, to below the annoyng bar. Then you lose the top slice of your screen and you can't go full screen, but hey, at least you can share your screen now, and reach the browser tabs, or point to the powerpoint slide, wwhatever you are sharing, without it being blocked.

       

      In earlier versions you could at least drag it around, but no more.


      This is in the current version of Teams (2023 18 Dec)

      Microsoft Teams version 23320.3107.2575.3762
      The client version is 50/23113028711

      This is using Teams on a Mac, with the native Teams App, not on the web.

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