Re: Buttons on title bar?

["muppet" <scott asofyet org>]

John McDermott wrote:
> On my linux system I have two desktops. When I right-click on the title
> bar I get a menu (from the window manager). When the window is on the left
> of the two desktops one of the menu items is "Move to Workspace Right" (it
> is similar for the other desktop). I use this feature a lot. That makes me
> want to have a little button on the title bar with an L or an R. I *know*
> this is a wm function. Is there some way for a perl-gtk app to ask the WM
> to put a botton the title bar or to add to that menu *for the particular
> app only*. I really don't want to have to modify a theme or some other
> file as I want this app to be very user-friendly.
>
> I haven't found any examples in the gtk-perl examples, nor has google been
> much help. I would think it would fall into the category of wm hints that
> I'd have to access through xlib, but I cannot find it searching for that
> either. Any ideas?

I have not heard of any standardized window manager hints along these lines. 
It would require support from each window manager, because unlike Windows, X
doesn't let you know when the decorations for your window are being drawn.


Have a look at the Window Navigator Construction Kit; this may help you get
custom support for this into your application.  (E.g., buttons or hotkeys in
your app rather than in the window decorations.)

http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/doc/pod/Gnome2/Wnck/index.html

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