gnome do docky falls behind panel

[mkoonstra]

I use gnome do docky and have a panel at the bottom. But the gnome panel seems to be put in front of docky, no matter what you do. If you make the panel transparent the background shows through.

You can click docky to put it in the foreground, but when the panel is clicked, it will be put in the background again.

[lumbricus (lumbricus)]

Same here, I can confirm this behaviour.
Right now the docky theme seems to be designed for the use without a gnome panel in the position of gnome do (my gnome do is at the top). I would appreciate also if it would be possible to move gnome do 24 pixels (=typical height of a panel) up or down to avoid overlapping with the panels. The preferences dialog might be overloaded, but as advanced opition it would be nice, if it's possible to move gnome-do where ever you want.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

I am Ubuntu 9.04 w/ Do bzr trunk and I am seeing slightly different behavior, so this might have already been fixed.

For me, Docky actually is always on top of a panel. I can't even click on the panel to make it appear in front of Docky. This is both for edge panels and non-expanded panels move to overlap with Docky.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Marking this as fixed

[epicurea (suknat)]

Still seeing this bug - On Jaunty using Gnome Do 0.8.1.3 which is the latest rev as far as I can tell. So moving back to new - unless I am missing something?

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Please try installing from source, as there are changes in bzr trunk that are not in 0.8.1.3. I believe this problem is fixed.

[epicurea (suknat)]

I see - thanks. Any tips on how I may do this - I have never installed from source before.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

See this page for more information: http://do.davebsd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_Do#From_Source

[epicurea (suknat)]

Thanks Robert.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

I change my mind, this is confirmed in Metacity, but not in Compiz.

[Macke (macke-meteli)]

This bug is still present in GnomeDo 0.8.2 :(

[Thomas Maroulis (thomasmaroulis)]

I can be fixed indirectly via CCSM, by setting the bottom panel to be always below others, in the Window Rules menu.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Thanks Thomas, but that only works in Compiz. Metacity folks are still sol!

[Thomas Maroulis (thomasmaroulis)]

Right, metacity, new word for me to search in Wikipedia :P
Sorry, I'm kinda new in Linux.

Anyway, glad I could have helped, at least partially.

[Rigdont (rigdonterrell)]

I switched from compiz to kwin and docky popped up on top again. Then I switched back to compiz and it stayed on top. Have no idea why this worked but it did.

[Matt Wolfgang (mattwolfgang)]

@Thomas Maroulis: Could you be a little more specific? I'm looking at the Window Rules menu in CCSM (CompizConfig Settings Manager) and I just see a bunch of blank boxes and I have no real understanding of this menu.

Thanks,
Matt

[Matt Wolfgang (mattwolfgang)]

Nevermind...I added

title=Bottom Expanded Edge Panel

To the 'Below' section and it appears to work.

Matt

[Thomas Maroulis (thomasmaroulis)]

@Matt Wolfgang: That is precisely what I've done to make it work.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Docky 1 (the Do theme version of Docky) has reached the end of its maintenance period and is no longer being supported. Docky 2 (the stand-alone application) is a complete rewrite and thus may or may not be affected by this bug.

Please feel free to install Docky 2 (PPA: https://edge.launchpad.net/~docky-core/+archive/ppa or souce: http://do.davebsd.com/wiki/Installing_Docky) and see if your bug still occurs. If it does, please file the bug against lp:docky (not lp:do!).