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

ui/aura_shell/status_area_view.cc

Index: ui/aura_shell/status_area_view.cc
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--- ui/aura_shell/status_area_view.cc	(revision 104542)
+++ ui/aura_shell/status_area_view.cc	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #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"
@@ -30,12 +31,14 @@
   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);