XMonad.Layout.Monitor is module for managing 'monitor' windows. Monitor windows are like dock windows, but they are placed above other windows. For example, see screenshot[1]. 'Monitor' is layout modifier which shows monitor window above the tiled windows of current layout. Its features are: - works with unmanaged windows ( => it's trivial to get monitor on all workspaces, plus monitor never gets focus) - toggling visibility with a keybinding - it's possible to have several monitors and toggle them independently (using nested modifiers) Due to stacking algorithm of xmonad, it isn't currently possible to show monitor above floating windows. For details, please see the docs. Comments are welcome. 1. http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Image:Xmonad-clock.png -- Roman I. Cheplyaka (aka Feuerbach @ IRC)