Bug 422153

Summary:	Firefox wayland pop-up player doesn't stay above all the windows.
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	arun <lunar.arun>
Component:	wayland-generic	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.18.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/issues/44
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description arun 2020-05-28 04:02:44 UTC

SUMMARY:

Pop up window from YouTube player goes below other windows when clicking the webpage.

Expected result: It should stay above all the windows.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: 
5.18.9 on Arch linux.

Comment 1 Vlad Zahorodnii 2020-05-28 06:14:08 UTC

Currently, there is no any standard way for a wayland client to indicate that its surfaces must be placed above normal surfaces.

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2021-10-30 16:08:57 UTC

*** Bug 443893 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-10-30 16:50:49 UTC

Could we maybe ship a window rule for this?

Comment 4 Vlad Zahorodnii 2021-10-30 21:16:37 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Could we maybe ship a window rule for this?

PiP windows can't be uniquely identified on the compositor side.