Desktop widget in background

Using terminal I've set Dashboard to developer mode so that I can have some of my widgets on the desktop for ready reference. Whenever the widgets are on the desktop, they are always in front of any other window on the desktop. Is there a way to have these widgets move to the background and be behind any other windows?
Thanks, denny

I've never heard of any way to turn off floating when you do this but you can try this shareware
http://www.amnestywidgets.com/Singles.html
it lets you convert widgets into regular apps and then they won't float.

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Last edited by dcbdbis (2012-09-19 19:52:50)

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