Re: [EWMH] _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_AUXILIARY

[Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 20:59 -0400, Dana Jansens wrote:
> On 10/3/07, Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 10/3/07, Denis Washington <dwashington gmx net> wrote:
> > > Yes, override-redirect windows are also faded in and out
> >
> > Right, what I'm asking is whether we have any precedent for *hints* on
> > these windows.
> 
> I believe that is what the DROPDOWN_MENU, POPUP_MENU, TOOLTIP,
> NOTIFICATION, COMBO, and DND window types are for right now.  So, this
> would be an additional use-case, above and beyond these others, for
> override-redirect windows.

Yes, indeed. GTK+ sets these hints on the corresponding
override-redirect windows that it creates, for the benefit of
compositing managers.