>Sorry, this may be a little OT, but does tracker actually have a "big >window" in the background for the desktop--I've noticed the >process there under processcontroller? And if so, how does Workspaces >know not to put it down... Is it just hard-coded to ignore it? opentracker/tracker/BackgroundSomething.cpp is your friend: the BeOS desktop is actually a maximized Tracker window visualizing /boot/home/config/be, with the "avoid front" window flag or something. About WSpaces, it seems so, since it not only ignores it (as in, does not show a white rect+title for it) but also shows its ViewColor() instead. Maybe it looks for a BWindow with the "avoid front" flag, dunno. -- PGP key: http://cdegea.free.fr/degea_kagi_pubkey.txt | BeDev E-16870 "What's oil got to do, got to do with it" -- F02 Chorus