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I've installed VS Code in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When using it, it always sits on top of other windows. Not only does it sit on top of other applications like the terminal, it also sits on top of its own dialogs (like for opening a file):

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Is there some sort of weird interaction between the API that VS Code is using and the X server that might be causing this? How can it be fixed?

Note that this is not the same as this question, which concerns Visual Studio (not VS Code) on Windows.

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Andrew Mao
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It's possibly you have accidentally set it to be "Always on Top", which it appears according to this answer you may be able to get to using "Alt+SPACE"--which will bring up the right click menu-- and then T for "Always on Top". If it is selected it should deselect the option. Otherwise you should be able to right click on the top border and get the same options.

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Cory Shay
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I started seeing this issue after I installed Guest Additions updates to the VirtualBox. I tried setting the LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE env var but that didn't seem to fix it for me. Finally, I ending up reinstalling the Guest Additions and that ended up fixing it.

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