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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: tumashu <tumashu@163.com>,  "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to let child-frame above other window-system windows?
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:55:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5C8122EA.9060807@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b1bb725.f4b8.169584cb378.Coremail.tumashu@163.com>


 > I want to let child-frame display above all other window-system windows that do not have the above property set,
 > the reason is that I use exwm, and want to above a child-frame to show info, is it possible?

Certainly not in general.  The z-order is determined by the top-level
windows alone, child windows can be reordered only within their parent
frame's window.  So you have to (temporarily) unparent the child frame
and give it highest priority, for example, via a '(z-group . above)
parameter.

martin




  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-07 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-07 13:16 How to let child-frame above other window-system windows? tumashu
2019-03-07 13:55 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2019-03-07 15:16   ` tumashu

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