Re: perl gtk window always on top

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Apr 27, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Bert Verhaeghe wrote:

> is it possible to show a gtk dialog from within a perl script that is
> above all other open windows (and especially a full screen rdesktop
> session)?

That will depend entirely on your window manager.

set_keep_above() is just a hint. and, according to the docs, is not  
supposed to be used for drawing attention to dialogs, but more for  
things like making your music player stay visible over other  
windows.  set_transient_for() is the traditional way to get a window  
to stay atop another window, but that's usually only within your app.

If the window is full-screen, the window manager may consider it to  
"own" the screen and disallow any other window taking it over in the  
z order.


Have you considered an audible notification instead of a visual one?


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