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[LittleFreak]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Add an option to show FlowLauncher "Always on top" and give the option to replace windows search (Win+S)

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like to replace the windows search by flow launcher. I know it could be to tricky to implement/ replace the search bar within the windows start menu,
so I'd propose to show FlowLauncher always on top (of the start menu f. Example) and auto focus on Flow Launcher.

Describe alternatives you've considered

It would also be cool, if we could decide, where the results are being shown (above or under (default) the FlowSearchBar.
That would allow any user to set FlowLauncher to the Taskbar and actually see the search results.

[jjw24]

Flow has a 'Always on top' in the settings called 'Hide Flow Launcher when focus is lost', however what's missing is actually ability to show results above or below, so the example would be to place flow just above the taskbar and when searching the results pop upwards instead of downwards.

The most ideal solution for replacing Windows Search though is to be able to use the Win key to trigger flow. Relates to #662

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[Randwolf5339]

Has there been any movement on this request? It would be seriously helpful to place the search window near the bottom of the screen and have the results show ABOVE, rather than below. I arrange all my work flow in such a way to keep an inch or two above the task bar free - for just this type of situation, amongst others.

Is this option difficult to code? I can't really see how it would be - I write software for a living and can't believe this option isn't already automatically implemented...

[onesounds]

@Randwolf5339 A few years ago, I actually made a test implementation of "changing the direction of the results area" (using a popup control). It turned out that the entire layout structure had to be changed, and I couldn't fully verify all potential issues that might arise in other controls. So although I confirmed that it was technically possible, I didn't proceed further. At that time, there were many other higher-priority tasks, and since this feature was considered low priority, it has remained on hold. i believed that allowing the window to be moved flexibly could satisfy most user requests related to this.

Because the initial design was not intended for this kind of use case, implementing it is more complicated than it seems.
This feature had been considered in the context of a "toolbar-like" usage (similar to Everything Toolbar), along with options like "always on top."

However, since Windows 11 introduced the ability to add a search area (technically just a search icon) on the taskbar,
we needed to reconsider the approach, and simply using "always on top" might not be sufficient — it would require further testing.
As far as I know, even Everything Toolbar changed its behavior from Windows 10 to Windows 11,
now functioning by clicking an icon rather than being embedded directly into the taskbar.

Since this requires a full redesign, a lot of cases and scenarios need to be checked and tested thoroughly, which makes the implementation quite challenging.

Since you are a full-time professional programmer and feel this might be easy to implement, this project is open source — we would very much welcome a pull request (PR) if you are willing to work on it. (For reference, I have no formal education or professional background in programming. I simply started learning WPF and C# because I wanted to improve the design of this program.
I have contributed for 4 years without receiving even a single dollar. You would probably be able to do much better than me. 😉)