📖Picture-in-Picture
Multitasking has never been as real as with P-in-P
Picture-in-Picture mode is one of those features that make elementary OS unique. The point of this mode is that you can frame any area of your desktop to display its contents in a separate window demonstrating all changes in real time.
For example, you need to control a long process of compiling something in the Terminal and go on working in another application simultaneously, or maybe you just want to watch a video while writing something in your blog. There can be lots of cases to use the feature.
To enable the Picture-in-Picture mode:
Press ⌘+F on the keyboard (assigned by default). The cursor turns into a cross.
Select any desktop area you want to view as a picture-in-picture.
Once done, in the bottom-right of your desktop, you can see a small window duplicating your selected area.
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You will definitely appreciate the benefits of this feature because:
This tiny window permanently stays in the foreground, while you are opening or moving to other application windows.
It stays in the foreground even if you are switching between workspaces.
You can freely drag it around your desktop and resize it.
You can create as many pictures-in-picture as you want.
When you no longer need the Picture-in-Picture mode, click the X button in the top-left of the P-in-P window.
You can change the shortcut for enabling Picture-in-Picture up to your preference in the System Settings (Keyboard --> Shortcuts --> Windows).
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