Window priority

legalljp · 27 July 2005 13:29

Hi all,

I’ve made an application with various windows. There are different priority concerning the windows, and one of this must always be on the back.
Others windows may always be on top… etc.

When my application run under Gnome or KDE environnement, windows priority work very well.

But when it runs under FVWM, there are no more windows priority manage. Each time I click on a title of a window, the window is put on the top, even if it must stay on the back.

Does anybody can help me to force the behavior of my windows?

Thanks

Hun · 27 July 2005 14:01

Style foo StaysOnBottom

thomasadam · 27 July 2005 23:09

You’re not wrong, but you should probably use the “Layer” stle-command for this, to really make sure it does stay on bottom. If an application is unusually particular about its layer, it’s probably an abnormality with the hint set for the window.

– Thomas Adam

legalljp · 28 July 2005 06:58

Thanks all for help.
What’s the “Layer” Stle Command???

theBlackDragon · 28 July 2005 08:08

It’s in the mangage, I can’t say anything else about it as it’s not really such a widely used command…

For completeness sake:

man fvwm:

   Layer [arg1 arg2] | [default]
          Puts  the  current  window  in a new layer.  If arg1 is non zero
          then the next layer is the current layer number plus  arg1.   If
          arg1 is zero then the new layer is arg2.

          As a special case, default puts the window in its default layer,
          i.e. the layer it was initially in.  The same happens if  no  or
          invalid arguments are specified.

But you really want to check the manpage for related commands, just search for Layer and you’ll find them

zonk · 28 July 2005 08:08

Layer [color=red]Style[/color] command:

Style "xclock" Layer 7

Is window priority a freedesktop.org standard?

thomasadam · 28 July 2005 23:26

No.

– Thomas Adam