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Troublesome Always on Top Firefox Window

dannywatson2024
dannywatson2024
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i have an issue. firefox is "Always on Top" and I don't know where to go to toggle it off. i'm in firefox and i go to taskbar to change to my file explorer window and it will not show until i minimize firefox. it's very annoying and i want it where foxffox is normal. i even change to another program in my taskbar and it won't show as firefox remains on top,

H E L P !  !

Danny

i have an issue. firefox is "Always on Top" and I don't know where to go to toggle it off. i'm in firefox and i go to taskbar to change to my file explorer window and it will not show until i minimize firefox. it's very annoying and i want it where foxffox is normal. i even change to another program in my taskbar and it won't show as firefox remains on top, H E L P ! ! Danny

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Balázs Meskó
Balázs Meskó
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Hi Danny!

I don't think this is a Firefox issue per se. This behaviour is handled by the window manager of the operating system. Is this behaviour also happening after a full restart?

Regards, Balázs

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Clerk Town of Stubbs
Clerk Town of Stubbs
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I had this issue start up two days ago. It finally got so irritating I looked for an answer and came here. I did as Balázs suggested and shut down my computer entirely, counted to 10 and turned it all back on. Now Firefox retires if I click on other open applications so all good here.

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