OSD and Notification Window Type

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Monday 24 November 2014 20:25:09 Marco Martin wrote:
> On Monday 24 November 2014, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > > First of all, the OSD uses the Notification WindowType, which - I think
> > > there has been a bit of a miscommunication - is meant for notifications.
> > > The OSD stays on top of everything, which is fine, but not the active
> > > fullscreen window. I thus propose to have a window type/layer for the
> > > OSD
> > > that stays on top of everything since I want to have volume feedback
> > > even
> > > when watching a movie.
> > 
> > +1 to that
> 
> shouldn't that window type be perhaps renamed in OSD to avoid future
> confusion?

no, we need to introduce a new window type OSD. Notification is a NETWM 
specified window type, we cannot rename it.

> plasma tooltips are override redirect yes

did that change recently? If yes, Kai Uwe could you please try again?

Cheers
Martin
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