From 437226c4fd4c6b9b090add81fb18352808849e76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhinav Prasai <abhinav.prsai@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 19:05:11 +0100
Subject: add floating_on_top, floating windows stay above tiled windows

---
 default_sxwmrc |  3 ++-
 src/defs.h     |  1 +
 src/parser.c   |  3 +++
 src/sxwm.c     | 13 ++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/default_sxwmrc b/default_sxwmrc
index 264f8da..5cfc524 100644
--- a/default_sxwmrc
+++ b/default_sxwmrc
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ motion_throttle         : 60 # Set to screen refresh rate for smoothest motions
 should_float            : "pcmanfm", "obs"
 new_win_focus           : true
 warp_cursor             : true
+floating_on_top         : true
+new_win_master          : false
 can_swallow             : "st"
 can_be_swallowed        : "mpv", "sxiv"
-new_win_master          : false
 start_fullscreen        : "mpv", "vlc"
 
 # Keybinds:
diff --git a/src/defs.h b/src/defs.h
index 0f4970a..b8dd19d 100644
--- a/src/defs.h
+++ b/src/defs.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int resize_window_amt;
 	Bool new_win_focus;
 	Bool warp_cursor;
+	Bool floating_on_top;
 	Bool new_win_master;
 	Binding binds[MAX_ITEMS];
 	char **should_float[MAX_ITEMS];
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index a479705..f1dd7c0 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ found:
 		else if (!strcmp(key, "resize_master_amount")) {
 			cfg->resize_master_amt = atoi(rest);
 		}
+		else if (!strcmp(key, "floating_on_top")) {
+			cfg->floating_on_top = !strcmp(rest, "true") ? True : False;
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(key, "resize_stack_amount")) {
 			cfg->resize_stack_amt = atoi(rest);
 		}
diff --git a/src/sxwm.c b/src/sxwm.c
index f1b38bb..19f06ea 100644
--- a/src/sxwm.c
+++ b/src/sxwm.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ void init_defaults(void)
 	default_config.new_win_focus = True;
 	default_config.warp_cursor = True;
 	default_config.new_win_master = False;
+	default_config.floating_on_top = True;
 
 	user_config = default_config;
 }
@@ -2363,7 +2364,7 @@ void set_input_focus(Client *c, Bool raise_win, Bool warp)
 		XSetInputFocus(dpy, w, RevertToPointerRoot, CurrentTime);
 		send_wm_take_focus(w);
 
-		if (raise_win) {
+		if (raise_win && c->floating) {
 			XRaiseWindow(dpy, w);
 		}
 
@@ -2816,6 +2817,16 @@ void tile(void)
 		}
 		update_borders();
 	}
+
+	if (user_config.floating_on_top) {
+		for (Client *c = workspaces[current_ws]; c; c = c->next) {
+			if (c->mapped && c->floating && !c->fullscreen) {
+				XRaiseWindow(dpy, c->win);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	update_borders();
 }
 
 void toggle_floating(void)
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