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Press a hotkey to make the current window transparent, allowing you to see through it! Press hotkeys to minimize/maximize the current window, or to send it to another monitor (like Windows 7, except also if you don't have Windows 7)
https://www.mobzystems.com/tools/seethroughwindows/
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Not working with auto-launched Chatterino window #5

Closed shatteredhalo closed 2 years ago

shatteredhalo commented 2 years ago

Programs used: See Through Windows 1.06 64-bit Streamlink Twitch GUI 2.0.0 32-bit Chatterino 2.3.4

If I manually open an instance of Chatterino, See Through Windows works as expected: able to make the window transparent using the hot key combo.

However there is an option in the Streamlink app to automatically launch a chat program of your choice alongside a launched stream, and it is this auto-launched instance of Chatterino that will not go transparent or respond to the See Through Windows hot key combo.

Strangely, this only happens on my Laptop, but on my Desktop PC, the auto-launched Chatterino instance is able to be made transparent without issue.

mobzystems commented 2 years ago

See Through Windows is in itself a really simple program. It uses a Windows system function to make complete windows transparent (or undo that). There could be a zillion reasons why that does not work: some windows have a completely custom layout, some are custom-drawn. And then there's the cases (like yours) where it should work but it doesn't.

Long story short: STW is a one trick pony and if its trick doesn't work we don't have the resources to figure out why not. Sorry!