Bug 114789

Summary: No option to allow specific windows to be placed above the panel
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Stephen Tait <sdt>
Component: generalAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 3.4.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Stephen Tait 2005-10-21 01:00:51 UTC 
Version:           3.4.1 (using KDE 3.4.1, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.3 20041125 (Gentoo 3.4.3-r1, ssp-3.4.3-0, pie-8.7.7)
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.12-ck6

OK, I run a dual monitor setup via an nVidia GFX card with a single 2560*1024 desktop. Since games don't handle Xinerama very well (it tends to place them in the middle of the two screens), I cn't run the games fullscreen and have to run games in a borderless window at 1280*1024 which I force using the window-specific settings for SDL apps.

However, the panel still sits on top of the game window unless I activate the "allow other windows to cover the panel". I don't want to apply this globally, since the WM tends to place everything on top of it from that point on. I guess what I'm looking for is another option in window-specific behaviour that'll allow the specified window type to lie on top of the panel as well as all other windows.
Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2005-10-21 21:07:49 UTC 
this would be a window manager feature, not a kicker feature.
Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2005-10-27 16:04:28 UTC 
Does it help if you use window specific settings to force the window to be fullscreen instead of having a specific geometry? KWin's fullscreen placement should handle Xinerama correctly?
Comment 3 Stephen Tait 2005-11-02 02:48:30 UTC 
No, turning on the "fullscreen" option in window-specific settings exhibits the same behaviour as if I just set the geometry to 1280x1024 - the panel still sits on top of the game (and causes mouse problems - I can't move the cursor into the lower half of the screen at all).
Comment 4 Lubos Lunak 2006-02-23 23:16:44 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118416 ***