Window as desktop

answered Dec 31 '12

Marius
1

The following patch makes desktop windows to be mapped but not managed by i3, resulting in the behaviour you are looking for.

diff --git a/include/atoms.xmacro b/include/atoms.xmacro

index 7cfef82..5d2d2db 100644
--- a/include/atoms.xmacro
+++ b/include/atoms.xmacro
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ xmacro(_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL)
 xmacro(_NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING)
 xmacro(_NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP)
 xmacro(_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW)
+xmacro(_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP)
 xmacro(_NET_WORKAREA)
 xmacro(_NET_STARTUP_ID)
 xmacro(_NET_WM_ICON)
diff --git a/src/manage.c b/src/manage.c
index b3c43d5..990ffc8 100644
--- a/src/manage.c
+++ b/src/manage.c
@@ -214,6 +214,18 @@ void manage_window(xcb_window_t window, xcb_get_window_attributes_cookie_t cooki
     Con *search_at = croot;

     xcb_get_property_reply_t *reply = xcb_get_property_reply(conn, wm_type_cookie, NULL);
+
+    /* Don't manage desktop type windows, just map them */
+    if (xcb_reply_contains_atom(reply, A__NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP)) {
+        LOG("Ignoring window of type desktop\n");
+        xcb_map_window(conn, window);
+
+        uint32_t values[] = { XCB_STACK_MODE_BELOW };
+        xcb_configure_window (conn, window, XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_STACK_MODE, values);
+
+        goto geom_out;
+    }
+
     if (xcb_reply_contains_atom(reply, A__NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK)) {
         LOG("This window is of type dock\n");
         Output *output = get_output_containing(geom->x, geom->y);

answered Nov 22 '12

Michael
3081 ●13 ●28 ●50 http://i3wm.org/

No, it doesn’t. See also http://faq.i3wm.org/question/1/how-ca...

answered Apr 6 '13

sLite
1 ●1

updated Apr 6 '13

you can try with --force-xinerama, i dont know why but i found out by accident that this solves that problem.

this has some other side effects as noted out in the docs but had the desired effect for me.

(also confirmed on an ati card, althouth the article talks specifically about nvidia)