Re: Is there an official way for an application window to request to not show up in a Window Manager's alt-tab list?

["vr movingparts net" <vr movingparts net>]

Just to reiterate my question, I understand the preference is to set
the right window type or category on my secondary full screened
windows instead of explicitly hinting to the Window Manager to not
show them in the Alt+Tab list, but I do not see any window types or
categories that fit my use case. Can anyone recommend suggestions for
which window types or categories would be appropriate for my
application?

TIA!

On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, vr movingparts net <vr movingparts net> wrote:
> Hey Mark, thanks for the reply.
>
> The application in question has a main UI window and secondary windows. In certain cases, all windows will be full screened such that each window will be on a separate host monitor. Ideally, when this happens, only the main UI window would show up in the Window Manager's alt-tab list.
>
> I was thinking that maybe _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY would be appropriate here, but in earlier testing, it looked like at least Metacity ignored the position that I placed the secondary window at and insisted on fullscreening it on top of the main UI app fullscreen window, which won't work. I'm assuming from that testing that _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY is probably not intended for the kind of thing I need to do.
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Mark Tiefenbruck <mark fluxbox org> wrote:
>
> Hi, Jason.
>
> That's something that is probably "none of the client's business"
> (which, to be fair, I would levy against skip_pager and skip_taskbar
> as well). I personally would prefer a window to specify some category
> of window type that it falls into (such as a dock or taskbar or menu),
> and let the window manager decide whether or not it should be listed
> for the user. If your window is something that should never receive
> the focus, there are already provisions for that. What sort of
> application do you have in mind?
>
>   Mark
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:38 PM, vr movingparts net <vr movingparts net> wrote:
>> re, all.
>> In looking at the EWMH spec, I see _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR
>> and _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_PAGER hints, but I do not see anything explicitly
>> allowing an application to request itself to not be listed in the Window
>> Manager's alt-tab window list.
>> In some early testing, if I set these two _SKIP_ hints on my secondary
>> application windows, Metacity, Compiz, and XFWM4 do not show my windows on
>> their alt-tab lists, but KWin does.
>> It seems that there's a gap in the spec for this functionality and I'm just
>> wondering if it's this way because of previous discussions, or if this is
>> something that should be remedied in the spec.
>> Thanks! =:)
>>
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