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Minimal browser window without borders and set as always-on-top to allow for smooth browsing while using another program. Perfect for single-monitor setups. Watch netflix, youtube or twitch while working or playing.

Pull requests or suggestions on improvements are welcomed!

• AutoHotKey
• Google Chrome - only required due to current process id identification
• Windows 7/8.1/10

1. Download and install AutoHotKey
2. Grab the latest version and unpack the .zip file.
3. Edit the top parameters in pipbrowser.ahk according to your setup
4. Run the script

• Open help window: ctrl+alt+h
• Go to URL: ctrl+alt+g
• Open clipboard as URL: ctrl+alt+f
• Toggle PiP mode (always-on-top and invisible top-border): ctrl+alt+z
• Reset window position and size: ctrl+alt+r
• Make window larger: ctrl+alt+l
• Make window smaller: ctrl+alt+k

Auto-embed youtube videos by using the 11-character code as URL (e.g. dQw4w9WgXcQ). ctrl+alt+f is the same as ctrl+alt+g with the clipboard as address. ctrl+alt+z-toggle scews the browser frame somewhat. If done too much, just reopen the page with ctrl+alt+g.

1. Right click on pipbrowser.ahk to make a shortcut of it
2. Press win+r, type shell: Common Startup and paste the shortcut in the opened directory

• Logic for what URLs to automatically embed
• String matching with a user-defined common pages-list to quickly open websites through ctrl+alt+g
• Allow easy user definition of default window placement
• Arrow keys to jump between different window placements