7 Under <dfn>KDE Plasma 5</dfn>, plugin and various other windows will not stay
8 on top of any main window; therefore a workaround is required.
11 <h2>Workaround for ancillary windows not staying on top in KDE Plasma 5</h2>
13 In order to force ancillary windows in Ardour to stay on top, the following
17 <li>Launch the <kbd class="menu">System Settings</kbd> application.</li>
18 <li>Open <kbd class="menu">Workspace > Window Managment</kbd>.</li>
19 <li>Select <kbd class="menu">Window Rules</kbd> in the left-hand sidebar. It
20 should default to the <kbd class="menu">Window matching</kbd> tab.</li>
21 <li>Click on the <kbd class="button">New...</kbd> button.</li>
22 <li>On the line that says <kbd class="menu">Window class (application)</kbd>,
23 set the combo box to <kbd class="menu">Substring Match</kbd> and type <kbd
24 class="user">ardour</kbd> in the text entry field.</li>
25 <li>In the list box that is labeled <kbd class="menu">Window types:</kbd>,
26 click on the option <kbd class="menu">Dialog Window</kbd>, then press and
27 hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> while clicking on the second option <kbd
28 class="menu">Utility Window</kbd>.</li>
29 <li>Select the <kbd class="menu">Arrangement & Access</kbd> tab.</li>
30 <li>Check the box next to the <kbd class="menu">Keep above</kbd> option. On
31 the same line, select <kbd class="menu">Force</kbd> from the combo box, then
32 click on the <kbd class="menu">Yes</kbd> radio button for that line.</li>
33 <li>Click on the <kbd class="button">OK</kbd> button to dismiss the dialog.
37 At this point you can close the <kbd class="menu">System Settings</kbd>
41 <h3>Background Info</h3>
43 <a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172615#c26">According to one of
44 the lead KDE developers</a>, they are not willing to follow the <abbr
45 title="Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual">ICCCM</abbr> standard
46 for utility windows. Apparently they are alone in this understanding, as
47 plugin windows on Ardour under Linux work out of the box on every other <abbr
48 title="Window Manager">WM</abbr> out there.
51 Under KDE 4, there was a workaround in Ardour (<kbd class="menu">Preferences
52 > Theme > All floating windows are dialogs</kbd>) that would "trick"
53 KDE into forcing certain window types to be on top of their parent windows,
54 but this no longer works under KDE Plasma 5.