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I've been searching high and low for the answer. How do you hide the interface, but keep the split-time pop-ups?

Also, there seems to be some "hidden keys". For example F7 sometimes hides the record widgets, sometimes not
Any other secret keys to hide parts of the UI etc?

no to first.

And to the second, these “hidden keys” depend on the server controller. So you can't use them on any server.

Pressing * will remove all visual elements as well as chat, which isn't probably what you want.

There has been another topic about this : http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16526
The problem comes from plugin developers not making their widget hideble.

K. Thanks for all the replies.

I think the functionality provided by the * key should be able to toggle through three states:
- show gameplay UI and additional manialinks
- show gameplay UI only (i.e. timer, splits text, chat)
- show no UI

I'm not exactly sure with what server controllers do with regard to hiding the UI they put up, but I think having a built-in way of disabling server-shown UI would be a trivial way to do this.

My patience just gone today so i finally decided to login here to make sure devs get a little guilty on this very topic!

Why the f.. no one is complaining about 10small windows at your left - 10 small windows at the top and 10small windows at the right. All this mess is in YOUR way to disrupt your gameplay.

The * would be savior but it hides the most important thing - your timing, how you run past checkpoints and overall time. Im clueless how others are driving like donkeys and dont bother with this..

*donkeys = those who dislike this and keep sit tightly withous saying a word in forums about it!

I think it's more of the servers' fault than nadeo's. They could add that feature, but the reason we need it at all is because some server software makers don't add the option to hide their stuff. Most servers have options to do that at least partially.