Hi, I see the following behavior: - start gnome and xmonad - go to a workspace with a single window open - make this window float by using right mouse button - click on a desktop icon - press F2 to rename it -> F2 doesn't reach the desktop, instead it is applied to the floating window, although the desktop should have the focus this behavior is not restricted to F2, but is valid for all keys (at least I guess so) I'm running the latest official xmonad release on ubuntu 9.04 my xmonad.hs does not include anything fancy. the basis is: main = xmonad $ gnomeConfig { layoutHook = avoidStruts $ smartBorders $ layoutHook gnomeConfig manageHook = manageDocks <+> myManageHook <+> manageHook gnomeConfig } mymangeHook is copied from the wiki and includes some windows.