Set window type dialog for dialogs and transient windows #5376
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Example screenshots? |
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I don't know how to show this in a screenshot so I've recorded a video: https://youtu.be/embWmXLwOXk |
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Tested in Gnome, KDE and windows: In Gnome the Font Info dialog is non-modal, but is kept above all other windows, which is inconsistent with other window managers and probaly undesired. On project: On system: |
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In Windows the Font Info dialog ceased to participate in tiling arrangement, which is the desired behavior. |
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I don't think this one is ready yet.
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I'll take a deeper look at it, but it doesn't seem to be easy thing. We are talking about very sensitive z-order / modality stuff which would need to be tested across many environments. X11 / Wayland / Windows / Gnome / Kde Plasma all have their peculiarities. |
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Given our crimes with the Point Info dialog that may be a venal sin. |
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So it sounds like any benefits don't currently outweigh the drawbacks. Do we have any evidence that there is relevant OS/stacks-specific behavior, or as far as we know now is this just a matter of some windows (e.g. the font info dialog) getting the wrong type_hint? And if the latter, is the issue that |
Now dialogs and transient windows have a correct window type so a window manager can better understand how to display them. (In my particular case, dwm checks window type and displays dialogs in floating mode)