Re: [g-a-devel] Which window is on top?

["Steve Lee" <steve fullmeasure co uk>]

Thanks David. I knew there was a library we used in Python for
accessing WM features that had a strange name. Yep, that's the one.

Steve

2009/1/2 David Bolter <dtb gnome org>:
> Hi Sam (and hi Steve)
>
> You might find libwnck useful:
>
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/libwnck/stable/WnckWindow.html#wnck-window-is-above
> (and wnck_window_is_below)
>
> Note you could use libwnck API... or find out how it is implemented
> under the hood :)
>
> cheers,
> David
>
> Quiring, Sam wrote:
>> Steve, thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I called gtk_init(null, null) and then tried using
>> gdk_display_get_window_at_pointer() and gdk_window_at_pointer(),
>> both returned null, which I'm interpretting as "that window
>> belongs to a different application -- you do not have access".
>>
>> I decided to drop down to XWindows.  I have been able to find the
>> XWindow under the mouse and match its geometry (x, y, width, height)
>> with the Accessible *window obtained from ap-spi, so this might work.
>> Of course if there happened to be multiple identical windows at the
>> same spot, I would not be able to distinguish them.
>>
>> This brings up two questions:
>>
>> 1. Is there a way to map from an at-spi Accessible *value to its
>>    associated XWindow window?
>> 2. Is there a better alternative than XWindows for doing this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Sam
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Lee [mailto:steve fullmeasure co uk]
>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:52 AM
>> To: Quiring, Sam
>> Cc: gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org
>> Subject: Re: [g-a-devel] Which window is on top?
>>
>> 2008/12/31 Quiring, Sam <Sam Quiring windriver com>:
>>
>>> I cannot find a way to figure out what window is on top nor the zorder
>>>
>>
>>
>>> relationship of the windows.
>>>
>>
>> Sam, this is something where you may need to look outside the a11y API.
>> e.g the windows manager
>>
>> Happy new year
>> --
>> Steve Lee
>> Open Source Assistive Technology Software and Accessibility
>> fullmeasure.co.uk
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>



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Steve Lee
Open Source Assistive Technology Software and Accessibility
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