windowed mode

Not full screen

Windowed mode is a display setting where a program runs in a resizable box on your screen rather than taking over the entire display.

The opposite of fullscreen mode, it lets you see other applications alongside: I play in windowed mode so I can check Discord.

Common in gaming and video playback.

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taskbar · minimize · maximize · resize · title bar · desktop · screen · monitor · gaming · settings · toggle · pop out · framerate · cursor · drag · scaling · graphics · options

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screen display mode

windowed modefullscreen

Entire monitor occupied

full screen · maximized · theater mode

Family

window, mode, windows, windowed, windowless, windowing, modes, modality, bimodal

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