Update

With Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 8 Mojang has added support for true borderless fullscreen, but that doesn't mean this mod is unnecessary now. They didn't add an option to switch back to exclusive fullscreen for people who might prefer it, and the game still always minimizes when tabbing out. I had changed the mods name from "Borderless Fullscreen" to "Better Fullscreen", but I don't like it anymore so I changed it back.

Info

This mod changes Minecraft's fullscreen mode and makes it more customizable. By default, it makes the game not minimize on lost focus, and allows other windows on top of the game.

Features

• New: Capture the mouse cursor inside the game window to prevent accidentally clicking something on a different monitor. (Currently only available on 1.21.1)

• Switch between exclusive fullscreen and borderless fullscreen mode

• Prevent the game from automatically minimizing when tabbing out

• Prevent the game from starting in fullscreen mode

Troubleshooting

On Windows 10 and 11, Fullscreen Optimizations are enabled by default. Fullscreen Optimizations make the game run better, but they prevent anything from being on top of the game while the game is focused. If you want to, for example, have a picture-in-picture video on top of the game, or use the discord overlay, you have to disable Fullscreen Optimizations.

If you are on Linux, and the taskbar is above the game, disable the Borderless Fullscreen option.

On some Linux distributions you cannot have anything in front of the game, because some window systems don't support regular always-on-top windows. In that case, you have to create a custom window rule to put something in front of the game. Here is an example for firefox picture-in-picture videos

Screenshots

The config menu as of version 2.3.0

Choose which monitor and resolution the game should use when running in fullscreen

To open the config menu you need Mod Menu