Re: "Window level" of gnome-panel2?

[Toralf Lund <toralf kscanners com>]

> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 09:36, Toralf Lund wrote:
> > There is one major annoyance, however:
> > The panels are always drawn on top of other windows. In GNOME 1.4,
> there
> > was a special setting for the panel's "window level", but I can't find
> it
> > in any of the version 2 preference dialogs - although the user doc.
> does
> > mention it.
> >
> > Can anyone explain this?
>
> This is an intentional design decision
A bad one, if you ask me.

The panel should be there to help me, not get in my way.

> (assuming you are using metacity)
Actually, I'm still using Sawfish.

> there is no way to change this behavior. Fullscreen apps should still
> work though and if you are having problems with a full screen app it is
> most likely a bug in the app.
Hmmm. Those apps worked in GNOME 1.4, so I'm not so sure about that...

- Toralf