Desktop Layer for apps in openbox ??

hi,
ive been messing around with openbox's config files and would like to set some apps to something like a desktop layer ( so they wont disappear when a toggle the desktop).
there was this thread about it for rxvt https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45382 but it involved changing the src code and im wondering if there is an easier way to do this ?

axujen wrote:meh i suppose it cant be done through ob, guess ill just have t learn how to edit the source of apps directly
Sorry to resurrect a somewhat old thread, but I experienced the same problem and found a way to solve it using wmctrl. What I wanted to do, is embed xclock in the Openbox desktop and have it stay on the desktop even on "ToggleShowDesktop". So what I did is the following, I have the following entry for xclock in my rc.xml under applications:
<application name="xclock" class="XClock">
<decor>no</decor>
<focus>no</focus>
<shade>no</shade>
<desktop>all</desktop>
<skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
<skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
<iconic>no</iconic>
<layer>below</layer>
</applications>
And this my keybinding for showing the desktop:
<keybind key="W-e">
<action name="ToggleShowDesktop"/>
<action name="Execute>
<execute>wmctrl -a xclock</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
The only issue with this is, it's not really a toggle anymore because everytime I press W-e it will minimize all my windows and change focus to xclock. So pressing W-e again won't bring up my windows again.

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