Re: Comments on 1.0pre3, part 2

[Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us]

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>
> 1.1.2 Shading
>
> Some DEs offer shading (also known as rollup) as an alternative to
> iconfication.
> A shaded window typically shows only the titlebar, the client window is
> hidden,
> thus shading is not useful for windows which are not decorated with a
> titlebar.
>
> In the spirit of the ICCCM, shaded windows should be in IconicState, i.e.
> the
> client window should be unmapped and the WM_STATE property updated
> appropriately.
>

One little correction :

You cant really change the state of the shaded window to Iconic, since its
frame
window will still be mapped and visible ( titlebar is considered to be a
part of the
frame window ). It actually is quite usefull to be able to give shaded
windows a focus,
since you can send it some known keystrokes, even thou it is not visible.
And as it is not iconic  - you cannot even unmap client window - there only
sane
implementation of shading is to have client reparented into frame
and lower it, so it is covered by titlebar.

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I like the rest of the comments thou :)


Sasha Vasko