How to Auto-Collapse the App Bar: Keep It Visible or Let It Hide in Teams
Microsoft Teams’ App Bar can automatically hide to save screen space, or you can keep it permanently visible.
This bar, holding your key Teams apps like Chat and Calendar, changes its behavior based on a simple setting.
Many users find the default auto-collapse feature helpful for a cleaner look during calls or while working in other apps.
However, if you prefer instant access to your apps without waiting for the bar to reappear, you can easily turn off this auto-hide function.
Go to Settings > Appearance and toggle off “Keep the app bar visible when resizing.” This will make the app bar automatically hide when your Teams window becomes too narrow, giving you more screen space.
Auto-Collapse the App Bar: Keep It Visible or Let It Hide
You can choose whether the Teams app bar automatically hides or stays visible when you make your window smaller.
Why change this setting?
Consider hiding the app bar automatically when your Teams window becomes small. This action allows your chats and content to occupy more of the screen. It’s especially useful if you frequently have multiple windows open or work on a smaller display.
What happens when you change this setting?
When you turn off the setting to keep the app bar visible, it will automatically hide itself if your Teams window becomes too narrow.
- Open Settings: Click on your profile picture in the top right corner of Teams. Then, choose “Settings.”
- Go to Appearance: On the left side, click on “Appearance.”
- Adjust App Bar Behavior: Look for a switch that says “Auto collapse app bar.”
- If this is ON, the app bar will try to stay visible even when you make your Teams window smaller.
- If you turn this OFF, the app bar will hide itself when the window is too small to show it nicely.
Tip: This setting proves quite beneficial if you regularly use Teams alongside other applications on a smaller screen. Disabling “Keep the app bar visible when resizing” stops the app bar from covering your content when you adjust the Teams window size.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/teams/notifications-settings/change-settings-in-microsoft-teams
Summary
This guide shows you how to change the Teams app bar so it either stays visible or hides automatically when your window gets smaller.
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