Re: Allowing a11y windows to be on top - bug #136159

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

A minor (?) point...

> > Finally, I don't like the name ABOVE_ALL; it invites abuse and confusion
> > with plain ABOVE. How about OMNIPRESENT or OVERLAY or ... ? someone
> > think of something good ;-)
> >  
> I like OVERLAY.

Yeah.  I'd like to see a distinction between a transparent overlay and 
an occluding overlay...  or different names...

Also, what does the WM do with two occluding overlays?  GOK _must_ 
remain on top... or 'self-raisable'...

~~David

> - Bill
>
> > In fact is TYPE_OMNIPRESENT the semantic type? Perhaps a window of this
> > type never gets focus, is sticky, and is above all? Essentially these
> > windows are conceptually part of the hardware, kept separate from the
> > desktop.
> >
> > Havoc