Window Strip and KWin

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Sunday 13 November 2011 13:18:09 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Sunday, November 13, 2011 10:52:43 Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > now we have the QML based window switching capabilities including
> > Thumbnails in KWin and it would make sense to use this for the window
> > strip.
> > 
> > I just see two difficulties to discuss:
> > 1. How to mark the home screen window so that it is the first one?
> 
> isDesktop()? I recall we have a method like this somewhere, you probably
> know a lot better where than I do.
no it is not a desktop in the traditional sense. If it were a desktop it would 
be kept underneath all other windows.
> 
> > 2. How to tell KWin where to show the window. The current code centers the
> > window switcher on the screen, which does not make any sense, here.
> 
> Right now, we use XAtoms and pass -- I think -- absolute screen coordinates.
> Maybe we can still have some mechanism like this, I mean it's only about
> one rectangle on the screen which doesn't even change all that often. New
> API though, I guess.
might be a solution... having an X atom and when it is set, we put the window 
in front of the list. Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe :-) (No idea what's that 
idiom in English, so sorry to the non-Enlish speakers)

Cheers
Martin
> 
> Cheers,
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> sebas
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