Pop-up (modal) windows are above fullscreened windows

[vinhor]

Describe the bug
Dialog windows (e. g. Déjà Dup's backup process windows) overflow to other windows and don't hide even when you watch videos in full-screen
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open app with dialog windows (e. g. Déjà DUp, YaST software)
2. Make the dialog window open
3. Try to watch video in fullscreen
4. The window won't hide

Expected behavior
The pop-up window will stay on top of the mother app and will hide when watching something in full-screen
Screenshots

System information:
Distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed
GNOME Shell: 46.3.1
Display server: Wayland
PaperWM version: 46.13.5
Enabled extensions:

• AlphabeticalAppGrid@stuarthayhurst
• app-hider@lynith.dev
• blur-my-shell@aunetx
• caffeine@patapon.info
• color-picker@tuberry
• custom-hot-corners-extended@G-dH.github.com
• dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com
• unredirect@vaina.lt
• emoji-copy@felipeftn
• HideItems@fablevi.github.io
• hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca
• paperwm@paperwm.github.com
• drive-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
• user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
• Vitals@CoreCoding.com
• clipboard-history@alexsaveau.dev

[Lythenas]

I think this is unfortunately just a downside of the hacks we have to do to get tiling to work.

You could try enabling "Attach Model Dialogs" in Gnome Tweaks. I would expect that this breaks some things but it might work for some cases.

[jtaala]

I think this is unfortunately just a downside of the hacks we have to do to get tiling to work.

You could try enabling "Attach Model Dialogs" in Gnome Tweaks. I would expect that this breaks some things but it might work for some cases.

That's correct, see README.md for settings that are managed by PaperWM due to incompatibility with the tiling model used in PaperWM:

https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM?tab=readme-ov-file#recommended-gnome-shell-settings

Note, that enabling "Attach Modal Dialogs" won't work in PaperWM, as PaperWM will disable that setting when it's being enabled (and restore that setting to it's original state when PaperWM is disabled).

[jtaala]

P.S. we should probably change the README.md section header for these settings from Recommended Gnome Shell Settings to Managed Gnome Shell Settings.

[jtaala]

@vinhor,

Not sure there's much we can do re attach modal dialogs support - but if the issue is hiding modal dialogs in fullscreen, we could have PaperWM explicity address modal dialogs when a window goes fullscreen (e.g. hide the dialog or disable it's always on top parameter etc.).

[jtaala]

Actually, setting the "always on top" parameter for fullscreen windows looks like it will put it self above any other modal dialogs...

We could have PaperWM set a window to "always on top" when fullscreening it.

[jtaala]

All,

I've implemented a small change in PR #903 that ensures fullscreened windows will be "above" modal dialogs. Feel free to check it out and give it a try:

git fetch --all
git checkout improve-fullscreen-windows-set-always-on-top
./install.sh

then logout / login.

[jtaala]

P.S. I'll update this issue title re fullscreen windows above modal windows.

We can always create a feature request to re-look at supporting Attach modal dialogs (let me know is anyone if keen to give that one a go and create a PR for it!).