OSD above fullscreen windows

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Thursday 14 August 2014 11:40:43 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 August 2014 15:58:13 Marco Martin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 August 2014, Aleix Pol wrote:
> > > > Looking at my TVs, it always shows the "OSD" when volume changes, that
> > > > would
> > > > be something I'd also expect a media center to do.
> > > 
> > > Maybe we want different OSD when fullscreen. I've never seen a TV with
> > > the
> > > volume information on the center.
> > 
> > and this would cause problems exactly in ... ?
> 
> I agree that showing the OSD in the center of the screen while watching a
> video would be rather annoying. There's a reason why most TVs put their OSDs
> on the edge of the screen.
> But as has been said, the Look & Feel of the PMC shell can take care of
> that.

on the other hand it also shows why I think that showing notifications 
relevant during a fullscreen window is active, must be in the responsibility 
of the application. Only the video player can know where the black bars are to 
place the OSD.

Cheers
Martin
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