PyGTK Window always on top of all 'always on top` windows

Question

I created a PyGTK application which needs to be always on top. The transparent window redirects mouse clicks to the window below and therefore gets out of focus once you click into an underlaying window. This is the intended behaviour. In fact it should just show a little image that's always above everything.

This works well unless you use something like the libreoffice fullscreen presentation. The presentation window is marked as always on top as well and hence my window goes into the background. Even if I take it to front using Alt+Tab and then click onto the underlaying libreoffice slide (which is neccessary) my window goes into the background again.

This is a really specific question and the solution should work on both Linux and Windows. I have no idea what I should do. I just found many questions on how to have a windows always on top but none of them covering my problem.

Long story short: How can I put my window always on top of every window that is always on top as well?

Answer 1

Simple Answer: You can use 'Always on Top' in windows with by using AutoHotKey scripts.

Follow these steps:

• Install AutoHotKey
• Create a new AHK scripts following the images
• Add this code ^SPACE:: Winset, Alwaysontop, , A
• Next, double-click your script to run it. You’ll know it’s running because a green “H” logo appears in your system tray to let you know it’s running as a background process.
• Now press Ctrl+Space to set any currently active window to be always on top. Press Ctrl+Space again set the window to no longer be always on top.