https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/window-manager-always-on-top/m-p/4761266#M19484 AFAIK, mwm does not support always_on_top functionality. Are there any other window managers for CDE that I can use on VMS and which support always_on_top? Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:42:06 GMT Darijo 2011-03-04T09:42:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/window-manager-always-on-top/m-p/4761266#M19484 AFAIK, mwm does not support always_on_top functionality. Are there any other window managers for CDE that I can use on VMS and which support always_on_top? Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:42:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/window-manager-always-on-top/m-p/4761266#M19484 Darijo 2011-03-04T09:42:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/window-manager-always-on-top/m-p/4761267#M19485 AFAIK, there's no stock mechanism in the X protocol for establishing an application as always being on top. <BR /><BR />It's also easily possible to get into a state where two or more applications are each clawing their way to the top of the display, and Bad Things then happen.<BR /><BR />You can have a look at a tiling window manager, obviously.<BR /><BR />Google finds...<BR /><BR /><A href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4345224/x11-xlib-window-always-on-top" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4345224/x11-xlib-window-always-on-top</A><BR /><BR />The X Window managers and libraries available via VMS DECwindows are old, so you'll likely either be removing this requirement or will be rolling your own window manager port, and with all the other accouterments that are usually needed.<BR /> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:25:13 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/window-manager-always-on-top/m-p/4761267#M19485 Hoff 2011-03-04T16:25:13Z