WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_UTILITY windows are hard to find

[Chris Moore]

Hi.

I'm having problems with xfwm4 and an app (synfig-studio) which makes
a bunch of dialog windows, using the xubuntu live CD version 6.06.

xfwm4: Installed: 4.3.90.1svn+r21712-0ubuntu1

The application sets the dialog windows to be 'utility' windows using
 set_type_hint(Gdk::WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_UTILITY);

This prevents the windows from showing up in the taskbar.

With metacity, clicking on the main app window brings the dialogs to
the front but with xfwm4, they stay hidden.  This makes it hard to
find the dialog windows once they've been covered.  Clicking the 'show
desktop' icon exposes them, but this is a little inconvenient.

Is this a bug in one of the two wms?

Thanks.

Chris.