Big picture mode button in corner

[Retro Bliss]

How do I remove that?? In all the years I have been using Steam I have never come across something that has made me want to stop using the application. I didn't think it was that big a deal but I can't keep myself from hitting it since it covers almost all the back button. I anyone else having this problem as well? If so is there a way to remove it or at least move it over?

[Retro Bliss]

From what I have searched I seem to be the only one with this error. So do I open a ticket or something? How do I contact steam about this bug?

[Vaemer-Riit]

If you are using a custom skin for steam try switching back to the default skin.

otherwise I would suggest you refresh your steam files.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

[Notorious]

You can actually delete the Big Picture button completely by going into steam - settings - interface - set taskbar preferences - unclick the big picture button. Im using metro for steam and this issue was really annoying and i the only reason i found this option when i was reinstalling steam. Hopefully this helps you.

[Retro Bliss]

Originally posted by TheGicko:

You can actually delete the Big Picture button completely by going into steam - settings - interface - set taskbar preferences - unclick the big picture button. Im using metro for steam and this issue was really annoying and i the only reason i found this option when i was reinstalling steam. Hopefully this helps you.

Thank you so much! I have been missing using metro for months now since Steam changed the layout. I can't thank you enough! I can't believe I have been using Steam for years and I just now notice this lol. Cheers!

[Hugo]

I've been trying to apply TheGicko's solution to it, yet steam refuses to allow me to change it.
I open the settings, uncheck, hit OK, nothing changes, I close and reopen steam, button is still there and on the settings the checkbox I unmarked is up again.
Any suggestion on how to manually edit the settings so it actually kicks in?
Where my button is: http://puu.sh/digDD/cbcf223791.png just a couple pixels away from the minimize.
What's the point of a config option if steam will just plain refuse to accept it being changed?

[Retro Bliss]

Originally posted by hugojmaia:

I've been trying to apply TheGicko's solution to it, yet steam refuses to allow me to change it.
I open the settings, uncheck, hit OK, nothing changes, I close and reopen steam, button is still there and on the settings the checkbox I unmarked is up again.
Any suggestion on how to manually edit the settings so it actually kicks in?
Where my button is: http://puu.sh/digDD/cbcf223791.png just a couple pixels away from the minimize.
What's the point of a config option if steam will just plain refuse to accept it being changed?

I completely deleted my skin that I was using then did that uncheck box thing and then downloaded the newest version of the skin I was using and it works perfectly now.

[Hugo]

Thing is, I'm using the default skin.

[Retro Bliss]

Originally posted by hugojmaia:

Thing is, I'm using the default skin.

Oh yeah I just checked it with the default skin and mine is the same way even with it unchecked.

[Hugo]

Time to mess around with skin creation, something tells me it's plain impossible with the default skin. I've submited a support ticket on the issue, no hopes for any real solution coming through there though.

[Retro Bliss]

Originally posted by hugojmaia:

Time to mess around with skin creation, something tells me it's plain impossible with the default skin. I've submited a support ticket on the issue, no hopes for any real solution coming through there though.

Yeah I have never had any luck with any tickets over the years with any situation. Good luck though.

[Lightning Twister]

Bump, this problem is not solved.

Makes me

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Retro Bliss:

since it covers almost all the back button

There's no back button over there.

[Retro Bliss]

I was using a "skin" for Steam. (the metro one) they just need to update the "theme" you are using to meet up with the new version of Steam that is out.

[Hemmingfish]

This is the first result that comes up on Google for "Steam remove big picture button" so I'll post this here. After fooling around I figured out how to do it:

This first step is to create a custom skin that's otherwise identical to the default one. You can skip this if you already are using a skin.

1) Create a custom skin with the parts you need to change
Make a folder under "skins", then create two folders inside it named "layout" and "styles".
Go to the main steam "resource" folder and find the files "steamrootdialog.layout" and "steam.styles" (they'll be in the respective subfolders), then drag them into the folders you created under "skins".
Congratulations, you have now created a custom skin (that does nothing).

2) Remove the graphics from the big picture button
Open steam.styles in your skin's styles folder with a text editor and do a search for "FullscreenButton". There will be four groups of settings: the default one, one for hovering, one for active and one for disabled. You can delete everything between the brackets or comment them out by putting // before each setting
eg
// render_bg={}

This removes the graphical part of the button, but it's not gone completely yet.

3) Remove the placement of the button from the layout (or close enough to)
This might actually be all it takes, but when I succeeded I'd previously done 2)

Open steamrootdialog.layout in your skin's layout folder and scroll down to the bottom of the file. Around 20 lines up are two lines that look like:

place [!$OSX] { control="fullscreen" align=right y=7 height=20 spacing=0 margin-right=78 margin-top=1 width=30 }
place [$OSX] { control="fullscreen" align=right y=7 height=20 spacing=0 margin-right=8 margin-top=1 width=30 }

Change the width and height to 0. This doesn't technically delete the placement of the button, but it does make it invisible and unclickable.


The big picture button is now gone!

[yoda gaming]

Originally posted by Hemmingfish:

This is the first result that comes up on Google for "Steam remove big picture button" so I'll post this here. After fooling around I figured out how to do it:

This first step is to create a custom skin that's otherwise identical to the default one. You can skip this if you already are using a skin.

1) Create a custom skin with the parts you need to change
Make a folder under "skins", then create two folders inside it named "layout" and "styles".
Go to the main steam "resource" folder and find the files "steamrootdialog.layout" and "steam.styles" (they'll be in the respective subfolders), then drag them into the folders you created under "skins".
Congratulations, you have now created a custom skin (that does nothing).

2) Remove the graphics from the big picture button
Open steam.styles in your skin's styles folder with a text editor and do a search for "FullscreenButton". There will be four groups of settings: the default one, one for hovering, one for active and one for disabled. You can delete everything between the brackets or comment them out by putting // before each setting
eg
// render_bg={}

This removes the graphical part of the button, but it's not gone completely yet.

3) Remove the placement of the button from the layout (or close enough to)
This might actually be all it takes, but when I succeeded I'd previously done 2)

Open steamrootdialog.layout in your skin's layout folder and scroll down to the bottom of the file. Around 20 lines up are two lines that look like:

place [!$OSX] { control="fullscreen" align=right y=7 height=20 spacing=0 margin-right=78 margin-top=1 width=30 }
place [$OSX] { control="fullscreen" align=right y=7 height=20 spacing=0 margin-right=8 margin-top=1 width=30 }

Change the width and height to 0. This doesn't technically delete the placement of the button, but it does make it invisible and unclickable.


The big picture button is now gone!

You! Thanks for this! This helped me a lot!