Solved gkrellm on top in Xfce

[Cath O'Deray]

sysutils/gkrellm2

Is there an easy method to keep the window on top? (I can't find an answer elsewhere.) A method that uses a GUI.

Here's the context menu of gkrellm:



I have it on top in KDE Plasma. Can't tell how to do it with Xfce.

Thanks

 

[freezr]

I think you may use "wmctrl" as described here:

How to Keep a Window Always on Top in Linux

Need to pin a window on top? Check out these three ways to toggle the Always on Top feature in Linux.

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[Cath O'Deray]

Solved: use the button context menu in the Window Buttons item of a panel.

(I didn't realise that these were more than just buttons.)

 

[Cath O'Deray]

A method that uses a GUI.

wmctrl

Thanks, but that's command line – <https://www.freshports.org/x11/wmctrl/#description>.

 

[freezr]

Oh well, I thought you already tried it... ?
Anyway with wmctrl you can create a launcher and run any windows always on top, for instance I use it to open maximized Thunderbird always on the left monitor:

sh -c '/usr/bin/thunderbird & sleep 3 && wmctrl -r thunderbird -t 0 | wmctrl -r thunderbird -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz'

 

[Cath O'Deray]

Yeah, Xfce is quite alien to me. (I normally use KDE Plasma, I decided to toy with something else in a virtual machine whilst updating stable/13 from source for something completely unrelated.)

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OT, other things that I set aside (not GUI) before posting included:

hotkey for "always on top" / Desktop / Xfce Forums

Can you set a program to open "always on top" by default in XFCE4 (xfwm4)?

For some reason I can't seem to find the answer to this. Setting "always on top" in the program's titlebar doesn't seem to persist after the program shuts down or the computer reboots. Please note ...

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Priority for "always on top" X windows

I have two windows on my Xfce desktop that need to be open all the time and they are set to always on top. They overlap each other, whenever I click on one of them, that's expected behaviour. Is

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[Fuzzbox]

Hi,

In addition, Alt+F6 to stick, Alt+F12 to put it always on top.
Have a nice day.

 

[Cath O'Deray]

Alt+F6 to stick

Not effective here. Maybe a pecularity of being in VirtualBox, although I doubt it.

 

[Fuzzbox]

Not effective here. Maybe a pecularity of being in VirtualBox, although I doubt it.

Yes it is, at least I don't remember tweaking the keyboard shortcuts of my Xfce backup desktop.
Check "Settings manager -> Window manager -> Keyboard". It is where you can fine tune the shortcuts.

 

[Cath O'Deray]

Cross-reference:

• Alt-F6 preset to Stick window, the actual effect is Only on This Workspace (#622) · Issues · Xfce / xfwm4 · GitLab

 

[Fuzzbox]

Weird. Both shortcuts work, "sticky" and "always on top", , for Gkrellm or any other app, in FreeBSD and in a Void Linux Virtualbox machine.
Oh I see now ! Alt + F12 is always on top and Alt + F6 is sticky (visible on all workspaces).

 

[Cath O'Deray]

Oops! I was so totally focused on testing Alt-F6 I didn't even think to look at the meaning of Alt-F12. Obscured in my screenshot, not that this is an excuse. Sloppy reading by me. Sorry. I closed the issue, not a bug.