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| Fabounet (fabounet03) wrote Re: [Cairo-dock-team] [Bug 1222629] Re: Detached plugins are breaking ShowDesktop actions because they are "normal" windows | #5 |
Another reason I forgot, is that normal windows can be resized with alt +
middle-click (or alt + right-click, depending on the WM).
Feel free to hack your way through the code and propose a patch :-)
2013/9/10 Jehan <email address hidden>
> Hey,
>
> if that suits you, I will likely propose a patch in the next few days.
>
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> Title:
> Detached plugins are breaking ShowDesktop actions because they are
> "normal" windows
>
> Status in Cairo-Dock: Plug-ins:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
>
> on Openbox, when I show the desktop while having some plug-in detached
> from the dock, I can't hide the desktop back because the detached
> plug-ins are windows of type "normal" and they try to show themselves
> immediately after a ShowDesktop (hence breaking its revert action).
>
> Dana Jansens, the Openbox developer says:
> ------------------
> So right, because openbox hides "normal" windows, it hides the clock.
> The clock then immediately shows itself again, causing openbox to not
> restore stuff.
>
> I think the clock should be a type "dock" or type "desktop" window
> (depending if they want it above or below other windows).
>
> Otherwise, if the window is going to be a "normal" window, it
> shouldn't try to prevent itself from being hidden.
>
> [...]
>
> The clock plugin is actually doing a MapRequest, and then also a
> NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW request when it is hidden, which also causes it to take
> focus. It seems rather misbehaved in this regard.
> -------------------
>
> You can check his full diagnosis of the situation on the Openbox bug
> report, and also in particular in this comment, he gives debug output:
> https:/
>
> Note: I am not sure if this is specific to some plug-ins. It has been
> verified by myself with the clock and the notification area plug-ins
> at least (and the OpenBox maintainer saw also the behavior with the
> "Desktop Pager"). I have not tried to detach exhaustively all plug-ins
> but it looks kind of general.
>
> Tested using the bazaar development branch.
> $ cairo-dock -v
> 3.2.99.beta2
>
> Distribution: Linux Mint 15
> Window Manager: openbox
>
> Reproduction Steps:
> 1/ openbox with cairo dock. Have the clock plug-in detached and shown on
> the desktop;
> 2/ have some normal windows opened;
> 3/ Show the desktop using openbox ToggleShowDesktop action; => the
> windows hide, as expected
> 4/ Try to "unshow" the desktop by repeating the ToggleShowDesktop action.
>
> Expected result: the previously hidden window should unhide so that you
> get back to state of the desktop in step 2/.
> Actual Result: all windows stay hidden.
>
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