Re: Screen Edges

[Alexey Rusakov <ktirf users sf net>]

Nathaniel McCallum wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out how to make a GtkWindow behave like a panel
> (ie. gnome-panel).  I've looked at the gnome-panel code, but I have no
> idea even where to begin.  I already have the window being non-decorated
> and the same width of the screen.  However, how do I make it "reserve"
> the edge of the screen for itself only? ie. So if you maximize another
> window, it doesn't go underneath the panel window.  I hope I'm being
> clear.
>  
The "low-level" way is to use _NET_WM_STRUT/_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL 
keywords (see freedesktop's EWMH specification, 
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fwm_2dspec). I don't know whether 
Gtk/GNOME has its own interface for this.

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 Alexey "Ktirf" Rusakov