thanks for the clarification Sven, closing the bug then.
** Changed in: gimp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
** Changed in: gimp (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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Gimp2.6 still shows tool windows on panel and also not on top of main window
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295901
The behavior depends on your window manager. At least metacity respects
the utility window hint, and on Windows the behavior has also been fixed
with the latest gtk+ releases. So if you are having problems, then you
should open a bug report against your window manager.
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Gimp2.6 still shows