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 identificationWindows 7/8.1/10
- Download and install
AutoHotKey
- Grab the latest
version
and unpack the.zip
file. - Edit the top parameters in
pipbrowser.ahk
according to your setup - 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
.
- Right click on
pipbrowser.ahk
to make a shortcut of it - Press
win+r
, typeshell: 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 throughctrl+alt+g
- Allow easy user definition of default window placement
- Arrow keys to jump between different window placements