User-Agent: Opera/9.10 (X11; Linux i686; U; de) Build Identifier: The following small Python script displays a splash screen which *should* be visible on all virtual desktops but only is on the desktop it has been started at: -----8-<---------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/env python import gtk w = gtk.Window() w.set_type_hint(gtk.gdk.WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_SPLASHSCREEN) w.set_property('visible', True) w.stick() w.show() gtk.main() ----->-8---------------------------------------------- Am I correct and this is a bug? I’m not sure since I don’t know of Python and GTK programming. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run the provided script 2. See the splash not appearing on all desktops Actual Results: The splash is only displayed on the desktop it was started at. Expected Results: The splash should be visible on all desktops. The whole backstory can be found here: http://www.exaile.org/trac/ticket/82
Yes, that was a design decision. I've now changed that in SVN trunk, revision 24346.