Awesome window manager: How to keep application always on top

Is it possible to keep media player applications always on top ?
Following is my current configuration.
{ rule = { class = "Vlc" },
properties = { floating = true, ontop = true } }
This is working fine whenever I start application. But problem is, if I go to full screen and come back, ontop flag is unset.
Is there anyway to fix this ?

shmibs wrote:
you could probably do something like
client.connect_signal("property::fullscreen", function(c)
if c.class == "mplayer" then
c.ontop = true
end
end)
i haven't tested this, though, so don't be surprised when it fails
This is working partially. ie, VLC is keeping ontop propery, but video is not going full screen.

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bitmap id # of mask for icon: 0x100004e
window id # of group leader: 0x1000001
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KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 4712422, (74,267), root:(796,288),
state 0x10, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES,
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XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
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root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 4712534, (74,267), root:(796,288),
state 0x10, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES,
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KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 4713862, (74,267), root:(796,288),
state 0x10, keycode 121 (keysym 0x1008ff12, XF86AudioMute), same_screen YES,
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XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
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KeyRelease event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
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Last edited by mkaito (2010-06-16 15:06:06)

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Here's what I have
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The AWM wiki is the source for this:
http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Volume … nd_display

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