@smishralm10 Thanks for looking into this.

This should be simplified. This should not be about adding a new setting to keep the OSC always visible. This should be about making the existing setting to hide the OSC optional. Instead of adding Always show OSC, a checkbox should be added to the existing Auto hide after setting. When that is unchecked the TextField for entering the number of seconds should be disabled. The preference becomes enableControlBarAutoHide.

Thanks for feedback. I'll implement the required changes

This commit adds a checkbox to the existing Auto hide after option and removes Always show OSC option. Disabling Auto hide after option will disable the TextField beside it, as shown in the below images.

Pulled and ran this PR. Wanted to note a couple of wrinkles.

Biggest concern: I noticed this also disables the "hide when cursor exits the window" functionality. I've been meaning to post a PR at some point which breaks that out into its own checkbox. Doesn't think seem like a separate piece of functionality?

More of a side note: this PR also means that the title bar also won't go away, even though it's covering the video. I realize this is hard to avoid from a functional standpoint, because the title bar & OSC are currently so coupled. At least there's still one way to hide them both, which is to go to Settings > Control and configure one of the mouse actions to hide the OSC.

@smishralm10 Thanks for making the changes!

@svobs I tried this:

At least there's still one way to hide them both, which is to go to Settings > Control and configure one of the mouse actions to hide the OSC.

But could not get the OSC to hide.

More work is needed in this area. There are outstanding requests for other OSC options. One is to add a Enable OSC like we have for the the OSD to be able to disable showing of the OSC. For example this is useful for people that are controlling IINA using an Apple TV remote.

Thanks!