change the way windows are parented when their parent is set to NULL.

ui/aura_shell/status_area_view.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "ui/aura_shell/status_area_view.h"
 
 #include "base/utf_string_conversions.h"
 #include "grit/ui_resources.h"
 #include "ui/aura/desktop.h"
 #include "ui/aura_shell/aura_shell_export.h"
+#include "ui/aura_shell/shell_window_ids.h"
 #include "ui/base/resource/resource_bundle.h"
 #include "ui/gfx/canvas.h"
 #include "views/widget/widget.h"
 
 namespace aura_shell {
 namespace internal {
 
 StatusAreaView::StatusAreaView()
     : status_mock_(*ResourceBundle::GetSharedInstance().GetBitmapNamed(
           IDR_AURA_STATUS_MOCK)) {
 }
 StatusAreaView::~StatusAreaView() {
 }
 
 gfx::Size StatusAreaView::GetPreferredSize() {
   return gfx::Size(status_mock_.width(), status_mock_.height());
 }
 
 void StatusAreaView::OnPaint(gfx::Canvas* canvas) {
   canvas->DrawBitmapInt(status_mock_, 0, 0);
 }
 
-AURA_SHELL_EXPORT views::Widget* CreateStatusArea() {
+views::Widget* CreateStatusArea() {
   StatusAreaView* status_area_view = new StatusAreaView;
   views::Widget* widget = new views::Widget;
   views::Widget::InitParams params(views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_CONTROL);
   gfx::Size ps = status_area_view->GetPreferredSize();
   params.bounds = gfx::Rect(0, 0, ps.width(), ps.height());
+  params.parent = aura::Desktop::GetInstance()->window()->GetChildById(
+      aura_shell::internal::kShellWindowId_StatusContainer);
   params.delegate = status_area_view;
   widget->Init(params);
   widget->SetContentsView(status_area_view);
   widget->Show();
   widget->GetNativeView()->set_name("StatusAreaView");
   return widget;
 }
 
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace aura_shell