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Anything related to the "always-on-top" property of windows in a graphic user interface. Windows having this property are displayed on top of other windows that don't have it, regardless of whether these latter have currently the keyboard focus or are currently active.

Anything related to the "always-on-top" property of windows in a graphic user interface. Windows having this property are displayed on top of other windows that don't have it, regardless of whether these latter have currently the keyboard focus or are currently active.

The details vary greatly with the OS and the GUI toolkit used.

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So, the problem I face is like this: I have a layer, which it will be placed on top of a pdf on the page. The PDF is either using to embed, or iframe to include it. However, CSS style doesn't apply on PDF (because it is a plug-in? ). Therefore,…
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JavaFX 2.2 Stage always on top

I have a normal JFrame (one part of the app) and a second JavaFX window (I can't use a JFrame for the JavaFX stage). The problem is that the JavaFX window should always be on top of all other windows. I have no idea how I should solve this problem!…
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How to make a dialog window always on the front at my application level

How can I make a Qt dialog window always on top at my application level? I want to make a dialog window always on the front but remember always on the front at my application level, even if I click on an empty place, I want to it stay on the front…
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Always-in-front dialogs

Is there a way to create a modeless dialog box in C++ MFC which always stays on top of the other windows in the application? I'm thinking sort of like the Find dialog in Visual Studio 2005 - where it stays on top, but you can still edit the…
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How to make child window stay on top?

I am using window.open to open a child window from the parent window. I want the child window to stay on top so the user can refer to it while making an entry in the parent window. Can this be done? I'm using Firefox at the moment, but it would be a…
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Get NSWindow from kCGWindowNumber

From kCGWindowNumber, how do I get NSWindow ref. I tried using: [NSApp windowWithWindowNumber:windowNumber] but I always get a null value. I need to get the NSWindow to apply [window setlevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel], that I have set the always on…
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Frame always on top of my program only

I'm trying to create a kind of toolbar in an undecorated alwaysOnTop frame. Thus, I want my frame to be on top of my main frame, but not on top of frames from other programs. I tried this code : public class Test { private static JFrame…
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Different z-position for ListView items

Is it possible to make items in a ListView have different z-position/index? I want one item in my ListView to always be on top of other views in my layout. See my illustration here: The red bar is another view outside the ListView (in my case a…
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How to make python window run as "Always On Top"?

I am running a little program in python that launches a small window that needs to stay on top of all the other windows. I believe this is OS specific, how is it done in GNU-Linux with GNOME? [Update - Solution for Windows] Lovely, I think I got it…
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How to make an activity window stay always on top

I want to create an activity that stays always on top (like the modal windows or task manager in Windows) of the others activities. How can I do this on Android? Thanks
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How do I keep a frame always on top within the application but put it to background when using other applications in Java?

My Java application has multiple frames. Some of them are set to be always on top. However, when the user opens another program (let's say a web browser), I want the always-on-top frames to move to the background, making way for the other…
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Avoid application activation and focus in when clicking buttons on it - Windows API or Qt

Situation: A border-less QDialog stays successfully on top of other applications. The problem is when clicking on this always-on-top application window, the following occurs: The clicked always-on-top application gets activated The clicked…
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Android - Set a view to be on top of items drawn with canvas

I have an android app where the user paints, moves and reshapes some objects over a photo. In this page my screen layout consists of the photo that is loaded and below it (in portrait view) some buttons. My view looks exactly as I want it with the…
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How to test if WindowStaysOnTopHint flag is set in windowFlags?

Is this supposed to return a boolean value? >>> win.windowFlags() & QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint I already knew that # enable always on top win.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint #…
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With Qt under Gnome 3, Xfce and Unity a full screen window with a child window doesn't stay on top

I have a full screen application based on Qt. Full screen applications should always be on top because otherwise part of the window will be obstructed. I want the frameless full screen window to have child windows (special dialogs, ..). These child…
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