On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Jeff Johnson <jefdaj@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there a way to make floating dialogs appear centered over their
"parent" window? Or failing that, just above the currently focused
one? It's kind of jarring when you open a dialog and it shows up
somewhere else on screen, or even in another workspace.

There are extensions which try to do this (see for example "transients" in XMonad.ManageHelpers), but xmonad's lack of proper float support means it's fragile at best.  :(

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