The Picture in Picture or PiP mode is mainly used for videos on smartphones and also on PC and allows you to always see the video in the foreground, perhaps positioned in a corner of the screen while doing other things.
This PiP mode is active on Android apps such as Youtube and also on Whatsapp, where videos shared in a chat (if they are videos from Youtube, Facebook or other websites) remain visible while writing or reading messages.
On PC, the PiP mode is active as an option in Youtube, pressing the right mouse button on the video once to bring up the specific options and then a second time to bring up another set of options among which you can select Picture in Picture (works in Chrome).
The video therefore remains visible in a corner, both while other websites are opened in other tabs, and even if other windows or full-screen programs are opened on the PC.
As seen in the past, thanks to an extension you can open sites in floating windows in Chrome in Picture in Picture mode .
In a Windows 10 or Windows 7 PC it is also possible to keep the window of any program open and in view, always in the foreground as with the Picture in Picture so that it is always visible in front of the others, but reduced in size that doesn't bother the screen.
To give a practical example: while I am working on a word document or while I am writing an article for the blog, I could always have in view the updated result of the football games in progress in a corner of the screen.
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1) PIP-Tool is a free open source app that allows you to open Windows 10 apps in Picture in Picture mode, which works the native apps of Windows 10 or those downloaded from the Microsoft store and also with traditional programs and any area desktop.
After installing and opening it, a black bar appears at the top with a drop-down menu.
Using that menu, you can choose any of the running apps to keep it in the foreground.
You can then select the area of the window to be kept in view or even the whole area.
This feature allows you to see content of an app (for example a video) in miniature on the screen, continuing to use any other program on Windows.
PIP-Tool works very well and the selected window remains on the screen always visible.
To install, download the MSI file from the download link of the latest release in the project description and then, if the installation is blocked by the Windows 10 security settings, press on More information and then on Run anyway .
2) WindowTop is another program that allows you to always leave a window in the foreground, with the possibility of making it opaque or semi-transparent.
This small tool can be run in portable mode or with installation and when running it shows a button in the top center of each window to be able to keep it in view and to manage transparency.
With this Windows tool, you can also minimize windows so that they do not disappear completely, but reduce to smaller windows.
3) Windows on top is a portable program that allows you to choose an open window on the desktop to always keep it in the foreground.
The program is very easy to use and free, just drag the finger icon in the program interface to the window to be kept in view.
4) OnTopReplica is a somewhat old program for Windows 7 and Windows 10, free and can be used to create pieces of windows that always remain in the foreground .
OnTopReplica brings up a semi-transparent window on the desktop and chooses which open program to appear inside.
The box is always superimposed and can be resized and moved with the mouse as you wish.
If you choose the " Select region " item, you can only view part of that window .
This PiP mode is active on Android apps such as Youtube and also on Whatsapp, where videos shared in a chat (if they are videos from Youtube, Facebook or other websites) remain visible while writing or reading messages.
On PC, the PiP mode is active as an option in Youtube, pressing the right mouse button on the video once to bring up the specific options and then a second time to bring up another set of options among which you can select Picture in Picture (works in Chrome).
The video therefore remains visible in a corner, both while other websites are opened in other tabs, and even if other windows or full-screen programs are opened on the PC.
As seen in the past, thanks to an extension you can open sites in floating windows in Chrome in Picture in Picture mode .
In a Windows 10 or Windows 7 PC it is also possible to keep the window of any program open and in view, always in the foreground as with the Picture in Picture so that it is always visible in front of the others, but reduced in size that doesn't bother the screen.
To give a practical example: while I am working on a word document or while I am writing an article for the blog, I could always have in view the updated result of the football games in progress in a corner of the screen.
READ ALSO: How to Minimize Windows and Programs
1) PIP-Tool is a free open source app that allows you to open Windows 10 apps in Picture in Picture mode, which works the native apps of Windows 10 or those downloaded from the Microsoft store and also with traditional programs and any area desktop.
After installing and opening it, a black bar appears at the top with a drop-down menu.
Using that menu, you can choose any of the running apps to keep it in the foreground.
You can then select the area of the window to be kept in view or even the whole area.
This feature allows you to see content of an app (for example a video) in miniature on the screen, continuing to use any other program on Windows.
PIP-Tool works very well and the selected window remains on the screen always visible.
To install, download the MSI file from the download link of the latest release in the project description and then, if the installation is blocked by the Windows 10 security settings, press on More information and then on Run anyway .
2) WindowTop is another program that allows you to always leave a window in the foreground, with the possibility of making it opaque or semi-transparent.
This small tool can be run in portable mode or with installation and when running it shows a button in the top center of each window to be able to keep it in view and to manage transparency.
With this Windows tool, you can also minimize windows so that they do not disappear completely, but reduce to smaller windows.
3) Windows on top is a portable program that allows you to choose an open window on the desktop to always keep it in the foreground.
The program is very easy to use and free, just drag the finger icon in the program interface to the window to be kept in view.
4) OnTopReplica is a somewhat old program for Windows 7 and Windows 10, free and can be used to create pieces of windows that always remain in the foreground .
OnTopReplica brings up a semi-transparent window on the desktop and chooses which open program to appear inside.
The box is always superimposed and can be resized and moved with the mouse as you wish.
If you choose the " Select region " item, you can only view part of that window .
