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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

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Placing a window above/below other windows once

Hi,

Is there a way to place a window above (and also below) others windows without  setting an "always above" / "always below" mode?. In the latter mode it will obscure newer windows which are opened/raised.

I'd like to do this programmatically.

Thanks

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

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Re: Placing a window above/below other windows once

You can use wmctrl for that:

wmctrl -ri WINDOW_ID -b toggle,above

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jt1122

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Re: Placing a window above/below other windows once

Thanks, but that's what I'm already using & it doesn't work: the "above" option causes the window to be always on top of others, so if a new window is opened it's fully/partially hidden.

What I'm looking for is a way to place a window once at the top of the window stack, not permanently.

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

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Re: Placing a window above/below other windows once

You can toggle the above state off once the window loses focus.

The window stacking is saved in the _NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING property. Perhaps you can try rearranging them within your script with the help of xprop.

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jt1122

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Re: Placing a window above/below other windows once

Thanks. From researching this property it follows it should not be set directly but it's something managed by the WM.

I ended up using xdotool + wmctrl to achieve what I needed.