ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

Compositor patches: Always on top?

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Description

I've personally found this to be quite annoying on KDE plasma as it means every time I launch a game I have to ALT+F3, and disable the window's "always on top" functionality to ALT+TAB into my other windows and it plays kind of rough when I'd just like the game to spool up in the background while I do something else.

Is this behavior necessary? I think it would be much more preferable to just disable the compostior so you still quickly jump back to your web browser/ desktop enviornment and back in game and such.

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the behavior on KDE Plasma and tracing Proton's window and compositor handling; done would mean games no longer force an always-on-top window while retaining correct fullscreen and compositor behavior.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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