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BorderlessTD

Borderless TouchDesigner window, plus timeline hiding.

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Download FNS_BorderlessTD.tox Version 3.2.7. Drop it into any project and it works on its own. This copy does not update itself: to get fixes as they ship, install it through the picker.

Where it appears

Read off the registry hosts in the component, so this is where the tool puts itself in a default install; every one of these can be reordered or hidden from Hub.

Shortcuts

Global: they fire anywhere in TouchDesigner. Shortcuts scoped to a single panel are a local control scheme and stay off this list.

  • F7Show or hide the window's title bar (Windows only)
  • Alt+F7Show or hide the timeline

BorderlessTD

For a cleaner TouchDesigner look. More screen space is better!

  • F7 shows and hides the window's title bar (Windows only).
  • Alt+F7 (Opt+F7 on macOS) shows and hides the timeline.
  • Shift+Esc puts the title bar back. It is a fixed key, and the Use Shift-Esc to undo toggle turns it off once you no longer need the escape hatch.

The two features have an Enable toggle each; both ship switched on. With one off, its shortcut does nothing and TouchDesigner's window or timeline is left exactly as it was.

What happens when a project opens is set on the component too: On Start goes borderless immediately, with no key press needed, and the timeline's State on Startup decides whether it starts hidden.

  • Fix Fullscreen On Start re-asserts full screen shortly after the project opens, because TouchDesigner does not reliably come back full screen on its own. Ships on.
  • Force Full Screen (always) keeps the window full screen whenever it is borderless. Ships on; turn it off to run TouchDesigner borderless inside a smaller window, in a fancy zone for example.
  • Hide Menu Buttons removes the Wiki, Forum and Tutorials links from the main-menu bar.
  • Show Project Name displays the project file's name in the menu bar, handy once the title bar that normally carries it is gone. It is what BorderlessTD contributes to the main menu.

With the timeline hidden you lose its pause indicator, so the tool provides a substitute: Pause Indicator names a TouchDesigner UI colour element that is recoloured to Pause State Color while playback is paused, and restored on play.

Parameters

Its Registry page comes from FNS_ConfigRegistry and FNS_ToolbarRegistry.

BorderlessWindow

ControlType / defaultWhat it does
ShortcutShortcutmakeborderless textF7 Key that shows and hides the window's title bar. Windows only.
Borderless StateBorderless on / offoff Whether the title bar is hidden right now. Toggling this is the same as pressing the shortcut.
Use Shift-Esc to undoShiftesc on / offoff Let Shift+Esc put the title bar back. Worth having while you get used to a borderless window; TouchDesigner has no window controls without one.
Show Project NameShowprojectname on / offoff Show the project file's name in the menu bar. Handy once the title bar, which normally carries it, is hidden.
Hide Menu ButtonsHidemenubuttons on / offoff Remove the Wiki, Forum and Tutorials links from the main menu bar.
On StartOnstart on / offoff Go borderless as soon as the project opens, rather than waiting for the shortcut.
Fix Fullscreen On StartFixfullscreenonstart on / offoff Re-assert full screen shortly after the project opens. On by default because TouchDesigner does not reliably start full screen on its own.
Force Full Screen (always)Fullscreen on / offoff Keep the window full screen whenever it is borderless. Turn it off to run TouchDesigner borderless inside a window zone instead of over the whole display.
EnableActive on / offoff Turn the borderless-window feature on. Off leaves TouchDesigner's window exactly as the OS drew it and the shortcut does nothing.

HideTimeline

ControlType / defaultWhat it does
ShortcutShortcut textalt.F7 Key that shows and hides TouchDesigner's timeline.
EnableActivetimeline on / offoff Turn the timeline-hiding feature on. Off leaves the timeline alone and the shortcut does nothing.
Hide TimelineStatetimeline on / offoff Whether the timeline is hidden right now. Toggling this is the same as pressing the shortcut.
State on StartupStateonstartuptimeline on / offoff Whether the timeline starts hidden when the project opens.
Pause IndicatorPauseindicator menu, editabledefault.bg Which TouchDesigner UI colour element gets recoloured while playback is paused. This is the substitute for the timeline's own pause cue once the timeline is hidden.
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Pause State ColorPausestatecolor colour0 The colour that element takes while playback is paused. Its normal colour is restored on play.

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