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I somehow pressed shift+tab while at steam as i quit a game the taskbar somehow disappear is there anything that i have enabled or there is any problem?
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This is definitely a newly introduced issue. Shift tab reliably disables the windows taskbar regardless of steam presence.
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Can confirm, this happened with steam closed, just trying to tab through a form on a website, and when using shift+tab to go back, my taskbar was hidden, and the focus doesnt go back to the previous field as it should.
The same key combination also toggles the taskbar back on.
In addition, only the taskbar on my main monitor disappears, my second monitor is fine.
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Oh hell, I just figured out why my Taskbar was getting Hidden with "Shift + Tab", do you use a program called "Borderless Gaming"? If yes they rewrote their whole program not that long ago and had the GENIUS idea to use "Shift + Tab" as a default hotkey for hiding the Taskbar, but WHY??? when everyone knows (especially who makes gaming related programs) that Steam already have that for their Open/Close overlay combination.
Hmmm I'll look forward to it thanks.
That was the issue for me as well..
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Thanks for the answer. Luckily, you can simply disable all hotkeys in Borderless Gaming: settings icon in the top right, then scroll down a bit, disable or change the respective hotkey, and restart the app.
The dev behind this idea must've never touched Steam in their entire life. Or Windows, for that matter. Truly incredible.
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Hi,
Try pressing Ctrl + Esc or the Windows key to see if the taskbar reappears; if not, right-click the desktop and open Display settings, then go to Multiple displays and select Detect to refresh the screen layout. You can also open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc), find Windows Explorer, and click Restart to reload the taskbar without restarting your PC. If it only happens after using Steam, disable the Steam Overlay in Settings, In-Game to check if that prevents it. These steps help determine whether the issue is with Windows Explorer, Steam’s overlay, or a temporary display glitch.
Kind regards,
