Understanding Sticky Windows

April 14th, 2009 by Shawn Powers in

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Make your windows sticky, so you don't miss important applications.

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DarkVenger's picture

Window "born" Sticky (man, what a title)

On April 14th, 2009 DarkVenger (not verified) says:

Taking advantage of the subject.

Does anyone know if it is possible for you to launch a window and it's already a sticky one?
Or if an application, let's say emesene, could launch it's chat window with a sticky flag?
If this functionality exists (and I believe so) it depends exclusively on the developer or can it be controlled by other means?

Ty

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Sitcky Windows on All/Chosen Virtual Desktops

On April 15th, 2009 jacksinn says:

Here is an example if you are running Ubuntu: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=844385

The help in this thread should apply regardless of what distro you are using if you have Compiz.

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Thanks

On April 16th, 2009 DarkVenger (not verified) says:

Thanks a lot for that Ubuntu example, the second post is a must :D.

I don't use either Ubuntu or Compiz. But devilspie does the job, and it's simple and lightweight.

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