Why xfdesktop uses full screen window ?

[edscott wilson garcia]

AFAICT, the issue is about having the desktop menu. In order to popup
the menu, you need to monitor the events for the root window. Apparently
it is a pain in the rear to do such with gtk. 

Maybe the solution would be to have a plain Xlib event loop, and when
events are received, pass them on as a gtk event?

On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 19:46, - Kocil wrote:
> Dear XFCE gurus.
> 
> I want to know the reason behind xfdesktop using a full screen window.
> 
> I know the cons:
> - 3rd party desktop icons can not work (dfm, idesk, etc)
> - root windows apps can not work (xpenguins, xsnow, etc).
> 
> So what is the cons ?
> Why should it be there, other than for catching the mouse click for the 
> desktop menu ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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