[Info-vax] DECwindows: keep a window always on top?

[JF Mezei]

>> remove CLOTHES to reply) wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a way with DECwindows/CDE to specify that a window is always on
>> > top?  I would like some special windows always to be on top and never
>> > to get covered by other windows.

What you do with your window, and what position you prefer  and how many
windows you play with is none of my business but...


Window position is really a matter of the window manager. It is the one
that decides which window has the focus and is fully exposed.

You might wish to look at the source of the CDE/Motif window manager to
see if there is any resource you could specify to prevent a window to be
obscured by another.

This has implications with regards to focus. Say you have a clock which
you want to always be visible. But your Decterm overlaps with the
clock's window. So when you type in the decterm, it would be the window
in focus, but it would not be the window on top because your clock would
be above it. So you get into situations where your cursor is obscured by
the clock's window.