help! how can I get my new windows to appear in front

[Justin Denick]

If you have told every window to stay above the others, than any new
window will (correctly) open behind the window you have specified to
stay above the others.

On 5/31/05, Oward Smyahoo <hsm1th at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm a new KDE user, running on a Sun Linux box. When
> I try to open a new window or application, for example
> to compose a message in Mozzilla mail or to open
> OpenOffice or other apps, the new window opens BEHIND
> the current
> windows, and often I can't find it without minimizing
> everything.  (Once I find it, I can right-click on the
> titlebar and choose "Advanced" "Keep above others" -
> then it works fine.  But this is too awkward and
> painful.)  I've tried every combination of settings I
> can think of in the "Configure Window Behavior" of a
> window, but it does not seem to apply to new windows. 
> I makes me weant to abandon KDE.
> 
> Is there some option someplace which allows me to open
> new windows on top, or even a keyboard shortcut that
> will bring to the front a window I point to anywhere
> in the window?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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