# Floating windows on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [February 28, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/floating-windows-on-linux/84428 "2025-02-28T11:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eric\_Pousse](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/eric_pousse/32/1604_2.png) [@Eric\_Pousse](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eric_Pousse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/floating-windows-on-linux/84428/1 "2025-02-28T11:12:56Z")
Bonjour, After searching on the forum, I tried to use “gtk\_window\_set\_keep\_above” to have floating windows under Linux. I’m using Ubuntu via Parallels on a MacBook Pro M3. And my floating window doesn’t stay on top of the document windows. I’d like to have the equivalent of a “global floating window” like with macOS. Does someone have an example to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Pousse](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/eric_pousse/32/1604_2.png) [@Eric\_Pousse](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eric_Pousse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/floating-windows-on-linux/84428/2 "2025-02-28T15:40:21Z")
On Fedora, floating windows work without declare. But not on Ubuntu. ---
**Author:** ![Arnaud\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/arnaud_n/32/21824_2.png) [@Arnaud\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Arnaud_N)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/floating-windows-on-linux/84428/3 "2025-03-01T07:55:16Z")
Do you use the MBS plugins? There’s a function for that (presumably using the API you’ve tried, but you may give it a try). Check DesktopWindow.GTKWindow.SetKeepAbove. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Pousse](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/eric_pousse/32/1604_2.png) [@Eric\_Pousse](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eric_Pousse)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/floating-windows-on-linux/84428/4 "2025-03-01T10:05:55Z")
No, I don’t use MBS plugin for that.