Bug 430997 - Show "Keep Above Others" windows above fullscreen windows
Summary: Show "Keep Above Others" windows above fullscreen windows
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 441074
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2020-12-31 08:20 UTC by Toadfield
Modified: 2021-08-23 19:02 UTC (History)
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Description Toadfield 2020-12-31 08:20:55 UTC 
I would like to display applications over fullscreen windows.
I mean Latte Dock for example can do it,so it's not impossible I thing.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2020-12-31 12:07:58 UTC 
I guess there was a reason to have a fullscreen window even above "Keep Above" windows, so maybe an option could be added.
Comment 2 Toadfield 2020-12-31 20:34:22 UTC 
(In reply to Christoph Feck from comment #1)
> I guess there was a reason to have a fullscreen window even above "Keep
> Above" windows, so maybe an option could be added.

Yeah,an option to enable/disable the feature I want in the kde settings would be cool,so it is disabled by default,so it doesn't annoy people,but you also can enable it if you want.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-01-26 19:05:11 UTC 
Yeah, I agree. This periodically annoys me.
Comment 4 Vlad Zahorodnii 2021-01-27 08:54:52 UTC 
KWin uses the stacking order recommended by the NetWM spec, which says that keep above windows have to be placed under fullscreen windows/active layer.
Comment 5 Toadfield 2021-02-17 20:09:50 UTC 
(In reply to Vlad Zahorodnii from comment #4)
> KWin uses the stacking order recommended by the NetWM spec, which says that
> keep above windows have to be placed under fullscreen windows/active layer.

So is there no way that the devs could change that or did I get you wrong?
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2021-02-19 00:02:44 UTC 
Basically, we would have to propose a change to the spec, or consciously decide to break our adherence to that aspect of the spec.
Comment 7 aunderscored 2021-04-01 22:56:57 UTC 
I'd really like this to be at least an option. When playing games set to fullscreen sometimes I'd like to have a firefox PiP window running, or some overlay utility.
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2021-08-23 19:02:22 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 441074 ***