Bug where menus are created below the active window

[eomdohyeon]

When using the Chrome browser or other apps, the window that appears when you click another element, such as a menu, usually exists in front of the previously activated window. However, sometimes with yabai, the menu becomes obscured behind the active window, making the menu unclickable.

Is this a problem that only happens to me? You are using the latest version of the app.

[nicklayb]

I have the same problem, in Firefox for instance, when I want to enable notifications for a web app, the confirmation pop up opens behind the window.

Restarting yabai solves the problem when this happens

[eomdohyeon]

@nicklayb
In my case, restarting yabai did not relieve the symptoms.

$ brew services restart yabai

I don't know the exact mechanism, but switching between float and unfloat via alt-t hotkey alleviated the symptoms for a while.

[azinsharaf]

i am wondering if this code can fix it.

# floating windows are always on top (default: off)
yabai -m config window_topmost on

EDIT: my bad, it should be off which is the default setting but give it a try.

[eomdohyeon]

@azinsharaf
In my settings the value of "window_topmost" was 'on' and after changing the value of that setting to 'off' the problem was resolved.

I tried searching for the "window_topmost" option and found a case similar to mine in the link below.
#1135

Thanks for your help.

[azinsharaf]

@eomdo glad it worked. the Issue can be closed.