an option for bar to overlay windows, like dmenu
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Description
## I'm submitting a…
[ ] Bug
[x] Feature Request
[ ] Documentation Request
[ ] Other (Please describe in detail)
## Current Behavior
as expected and designed moves windows to not overlay them.
## Desired Behavior
overlay windows and cause them to change bounds.
I prefer toggling the status bar with a keyboard binding to take a peek when I want to, and I would prefer also if it overlayed the windows and didn't cause them to change bounds and relayout/+repaint.
dmenu/dmenurun overlaying:


## Environment
Output of `i3 --moreversion 2>&-`:
Binary i3 version: 4.17.1 (2019-08-30) © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
(Getting version from running i3, press ctrl-c to abort…)
Running i3 version: 4.17.1 (2019-08-30) (pid 698)
Loaded i3 config: /home/x/.config/i3/config (Last modified: Wed 08 Jan 2020 07:34:56 PM IST, 918 seconds ago)The i3 binary you just called: /usr/bin/i3
The i3 binary you are running: i3
- Linux Distribution & Version: Linux archiver 5.4.8-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:46:18 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Are you using a compositor (e.g., xcompmgr or compton): xcompmgr
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