Spevash11 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Hello again, How do I get Bigbox to close to the system tray like launchbox? When I'm using Bigbox, it is becoming a resource-hog & it slows down my pc games & roms when they are launching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Big Box doesn't have a minimize option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taamo Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 On 6/19/2023 at 9:40 AM, C-Beats said: Big Box doesn't have a minimize option. Would it be possible to add this option? Its really really inconvenient to not be able to minimize it in some way, or at the very least do some from the taskbar of my other monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Taamo said: Would it be possible to add this option? Its really really inconvenient to not be able to minimize it in some way, or at the very least do some from the taskbar of my other monitor You can still do other things. The app itself just doesn't have a built in minimize process. Pressing Windows + D for example still minimizes it and brings you to the desktop. You can also Alt + Tab to another application, so I'm not entirely sure I'm following your logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taamo Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 6 hours ago, C-Beats said: You can still do other things. The app itself just doesn't have a built in minimize process. Pressing Windows + D for example still minimizes it and brings you to the desktop. You can also Alt + Tab to another application, so I'm not entirely sure I'm following your logic. Ah my bad for not specifying Wasn't aware of the Windows + D option so thank you! That said, I think it would still be awesome to have the ability to minimize Big Box in the settings itself, perhaps even tied to a controller mapping of your choice in Mapping settings. I have multiple monitors, and also, I use Big Box often on my TV as a way to play games on my TV rather than sitting at my desk often (it starts to hurt my back after a while), so an option to minimize Big Box only and not all programs, would be really great for both reasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Still not seeing how alt-tab or (if using Win11) swapping virtual desktop wouldn't already give you the ability to do what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taamo Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 8 hours ago, C-Beats said: Still not seeing how alt-tab or (if using Win11) swapping virtual desktop wouldn't already give you the ability to do what you want. I'm on Windows 11 I more mean as a convenience option, while it is true I can technically use virtual desktop or Windows + D for example, I often have many other programs open, not just Big Box, since I have multiple monitors and use different things. As far as I can tell, both of these options essentially minimize all the other programs and things I have open, and for virtual desktop, creates a new one with none of the things open, but I can switch between the two Those are great options and I appreciate the suggestion, I will use them But convenience wise it would just be great to be able to minimize the program and bring it back up as an option itself or from the taskbar with right click options, so that it doesn't effect anything else I'm doing or have running. I do not know if Big Box runs in exclusive fullscreen, but maybe a borderless fullscreen option would work for this? I'm not sure what would need to be changed for an option like that myself Its just an option that would be great if its not a massive undertaking to create, I wouldn't know if it is or not though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 On 11/18/2023 at 1:02 AM, Taamo said: I'm on Windows 11 I more mean as a convenience option, while it is true I can technically use virtual desktop or Windows + D for example, I often have many other programs open, not just Big Box, since I have multiple monitors and use different things. As far as I can tell, both of these options essentially minimize all the other programs and things I have open, and for virtual desktop, creates a new one with none of the things open, but I can switch between the two Those are great options and I appreciate the suggestion, I will use them But convenience wise it would just be great to be able to minimize the program and bring it back up as an option itself or from the taskbar with right click options, so that it doesn't effect anything else I'm doing or have running. I do not know if Big Box runs in exclusive fullscreen, but maybe a borderless fullscreen option would work for this? I'm not sure what would need to be changed for an option like that myself Its just an option that would be great if its not a massive undertaking to create, I wouldn't know if it is or not though Big Box is already in a borderless fullscreen mode. Sounds like an ALT+TAB or Windows Key+TAB would work for what you are wanting to do, if all you are wanting to do is switch to another app while Big Box is running. If instead, your request is wanting to specifically use your mouse to minimize Big Box while it's in focus, then that would be a feature request, which can be submitted in the top menu under Help & Support > Request a Feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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