diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
index 928ae26..319be54 100644
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "window.hpp"
 #include "windowManager.hpp"
 
-CWindow::CWindow() { this->setRealBorderColor(0); this->setEffectiveBorderColor(0); this->setFirstOpen(true); this->setConstructed(false); this->setTransient(false); this->setLastUpdatePosition(Vector2D(0,0)); this->setLastUpdateSize(Vector2D(0,0)); this->setDock(false); this->setUnderFullscreen(false); this->setIsSleeping(true); this->setFirstAnimFrame(true); this->setIsAnimated(false); this->setDead(false); this->setMasterChildIndex(0); this->setMaster(false); this->setCanKill(false); this->setImmovable(false); this->setNoInterventions(false); this->setDirty(true); this->setFullscreen(false); this->setIsFloating(false); this->setParentNodeID(0); this->setChildNodeAID(0); this->setChildNodeBID(0); this->setName(""); }
+CWindow::CWindow() { this->setDockHidden(false); this->setRealBorderColor(0); this->setEffectiveBorderColor(0); this->setFirstOpen(true); this->setConstructed(false); this->setTransient(false); this->setLastUpdatePosition(Vector2D(0,0)); this->setLastUpdateSize(Vector2D(0,0)); this->setDock(false); this->setUnderFullscreen(false); this->setIsSleeping(true); this->setFirstAnimFrame(true); this->setIsAnimated(false); this->setDead(false); this->setMasterChildIndex(0); this->setMaster(false); this->setCanKill(false); this->setImmovable(false); this->setNoInterventions(false); this->setDirty(true); this->setFullscreen(false); this->setIsFloating(false); this->setParentNodeID(0); this->setChildNodeAID(0); this->setChildNodeBID(0); this->setName(""); }
 CWindow::~CWindow() { }
 
 void CWindow::generateNodeID() {
diff --git a/src/window.hpp b/src/window.hpp
index 805493a..b8b2c46 100644
--- a/src/window.hpp
+++ b/src/window.hpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public:
     // Docks
     EXPOSED_MEMBER(Dock, bool, b);
     EXPOSED_MEMBER(DockAlign, EDockAlign, e);
+    EXPOSED_MEMBER(DockHidden, bool, b);
 
     // Transient
     EXPOSED_MEMBER(Children, std::vector<int64_t>, vec);
diff --git a/src/windowManager.cpp b/src/windowManager.cpp
index 8cbdad0..582e287 100644
--- a/src/windowManager.cpp
+++ b/src/windowManager.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ bool CWindowManager::handleEvent() {
         sanityCheckOnWorkspace(active);
     }
 
+    // hide ewmh bars if fullscreen
+    processBarHiding();
+
     // remove unused workspaces
     cleanupUnusedWorkspaces();
 
@@ -334,6 +337,42 @@ void CWindowManager::recieveEvent() {
     }
 }
 
+void CWindowManager::processBarHiding() {
+    for (auto& w : windows) {
+        if (!w.getDock())
+            continue;
+
+        // get the dock's monitor
+        const auto& MON = monitors[w.getMonitor()];
+
+        // get the dock's current workspace
+        auto *const WORK = getWorkspaceByID(activeWorkspaces[MON.ID]);
+
+        if (!WORK)
+            continue; // weird if happens
+
+        if (WORK->getHasFullscreenWindow() && !w.getDockHidden()) {
+            const auto COOKIE = xcb_unmap_window(DisplayConnection, w.getDrawable());
+            Events::ignoredEvents.push_back(COOKIE.sequence);
+            w.setDockHidden(true);
+        }
+            
+        else if (!WORK->getHasFullscreenWindow() && w.getDockHidden()) {
+            const auto COOKIE = xcb_map_window(DisplayConnection, w.getDrawable());
+            Events::ignoredEvents.push_back(COOKIE.sequence);
+
+            // restore its params
+            // Values[0] = (int)w.getDefaultPosition().x;
+            // Values[1] = (int)w.getDefaultPosition().y;
+            // xcb_configure_window(DisplayConnection, w.getDrawable(), XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_X | XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_Y, Values);
+            // Values[0] = (int)w.getDefaultSize().x;
+            // Values[1] = (int)w.getDefaultSize().y;
+            // xcb_configure_window(DisplayConnection, w.getDrawable(), XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_WIDTH | XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_HEIGHT, Values);
+            w.setDockHidden(false);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void CWindowManager::cleanupUnusedWorkspaces() {
     std::deque<CWorkspace> temp = workspaces;
 
diff --git a/src/windowManager.hpp b/src/windowManager.hpp
index 9d785ca..8f26e65 100644
--- a/src/windowManager.hpp
+++ b/src/windowManager.hpp
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ private:
     void                        dispatchQueuedWarp();
     CWindow*                    getMasterForWorkspace(const int&);
     int                         getBarHeightForMonitor(const int&);
+    void                        processBarHiding();
 };
 
 inline std::unique_ptr<CWindowManager> g_pWindowManager = std::make_unique<CWindowManager>();