Re: FVWM: Restacking (was: Managing unmanaged windows)

From: Neil Bird <neil.bird_at_rdel.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 13:48:14 +0100

Tim Phipps wrote:
> > What /actually/ happens is that the (override redirect) popup
> > appears on top, then I issue the call & the parent window moves from
> > 2nd.-to-top (it was /on/ top) to the very bottom of the window stack
> > (under EVERYTHING, not just the popup).
>
> I haven't the faintest what's going on but have you tried this without a
> window manager?

  I think I got the same thing under Exceed, but I didn't try /no/ WM.

  Anyway, I got what I wanted by using the method I'd tried originally
(albeit with the correct [child of root] window IDs): XConfigureWindow on
the popup, and restack=above-sibling(parent). Works a treat.

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