Re: "full screen" windows

[Philipp Lohmann <Philipp Lohmann Sun COM>]

Am 16.08.01, 17:19:49, schrieb Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> zum Thema 
Re: "full screen" windows:


> Bj|rn Englund <d4bjorn dtek chalmers se> writes:
> > If an application/user wants to have a full screen window, what
> > window_type / hints should it use?
> >
> > Full screen window == window covering the whole screen, doesn't have
> > any decorations and is on top (above any panel/docks/pinnable menu or
> > at least configurable to be so in the window manager).
> >
> > In window managers using the motif properties one can set decorations
> > to none and set the position to 0,0 and size to screen size, but
> > since there isn't any support for "purely visual descriptions"
> > in the wm-spec I think there is a bit of a problem.
> >
> > None of the _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE seems to be the right one to use (?)
> >
> > Or would it be acceptable to set the window_type to dock?
> > And this might not mean that there are no decorations.
> >
> > What is the best/most portable way of doing this?
> > Is it possible with the current wm-spec.
> >

> I would still use the Motif hints to set decorations to none, and set
> size to screen size.  To keep the window on top is you're right
> probably not possible at the moment.

> Should we add a PRESENTATION or SCREENSAVER window type?

> Havoc

Actually a screen size override redirect window will do that trick. It 
has the benefit of working on all known window managers whereas e.g. kwin 
does not care much about Motif hints. You can get it on top with 
XRaiseWindow.

Regards, Philipp