Issue 90: Restarting xmonad re-runs dzen/xmobar, which puts it at the top of the window stack http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=90 Comment #4 by SpencerJanssen: We advertise 'spawnPipe' for use with status bars. This means that the status bar is re-launched every time xmonad is restarted. The status bar will be higher than existing windows in the stacking order, so the bar will appear over those windows when the status gaps are turned off. There's a workaround for dzen, but it's not very obvious. I'm leving this bug open until we can at least recommend some workaround for xmobar. Issue attribute updates: Status: Accepted -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings