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Old 03-27-2007, 11:32 AM   #1
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Keep window on top in gnome


I have searched this forum and Google for this, but I have not found anything. Maybe I am not using the correct search terms as I am sure someone else has wondered about this.

Anyway, what I would like to do is keep a window I am working with on top of a another window. For example-- when working in terminal but reading instructions from a web browser I would like my terminal window to stay on top of my browser window even if I click on the browser window. I have done this for years with multiple programs in Windows-- but have not been able to find a program to do this in Linux using Gnome. I would not suspect this would matter but my distro is Ubuntu 6.10.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
George
 
Old 03-27-2007, 11:38 AM   #2
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If you right click on the window list button for the program you want to keep on top, there should be a checkbox for "On Top".
 
Old 03-27-2007, 11:54 AM   #3
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Thank you cgjones. Now I feel like such an idiot :-). I could swear I had tried that just to see if the option was there and did not see it (guess I didn't though). Well, I have some ID 10 T form on my desk that must be completed :-).

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Old 03-27-2007, 12:02 PM   #4
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No problem. I've always wondered what that check box did. I see it everytime I move a window between workspaces. When you are done filling out those ID 10 T forms, send them my way so I can co-sign them.
 
  


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