[openbox] window on the top

[Dana Jansens]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Ctrl Alt Back
<ctrlaltback at whitelabel.name> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  in my rc.xml :
>  <applications>
>     <application class="*">
>         <decor>no</decor>
>     </application>
>     <application class="pd">
>         <decor>yes</decor>
>         <layer>above</layer>
>     </application>
>  </applications>
>
>  I tried all possible combinations, and Pd (Pure Data) is still not
>  accepting decorations, hiding modal under etc.

I'm assuming you used xprop to see what it's WM_CLASS hint is set to?
Usually class names start with a capital letter..

>  Also noticed strange behavior:
>  tried to close unsaved patch in Pd, and modal dialog opened somewhere
>  under other windows. Then i switch to another desktop, and when i come
>  back, modal is on the top.
>
>
>  > > Modal windows stay above windows that that they are
>  > > modal for, but not
>  > > above other windows to which they are not related.
>  > > There is no
>  > > concept of "globally modal" windows, which is very
>  > > much on purpose.
>  In other WM it works that way. in openbox, modals are lost under.
>  It is not question of setting modals globally, question is what is it so
>  different from other WM that makes pd behave this way.
>
>
>  > You can use rc.xml option of application based
>  > configs.
>  only option i found is <layer>above</layer>.
>
>
>  > There you can which that special window be on top. or
>  > define it on your application to open that window that way.
>  <decor>yes</decor> does not work either in this case,
>  i tried in icewm-lite and it works ok.

Pure Data must be requesting something strange for its modal dialog
then, making it a child of a single window which is not the one you're
working in or something.  Is it a proprietary app?  I would try it and
see what is happening if I could.