Re:Re: How to let child-frame above other window-system windows?

[tumashu]

At 2019-03-07 21:55:54, "martin rudalics" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > 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.

I will try this approach, thanks very much!
>
>martin
>