Skip tasklist/pager window loses focus

[Stephan Haller]

Hi adlo,

yes, xfdashboard "hides" itself from the pager and tasklist. It also
sets itself above all windows and pins the window to all workspaces.
See http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboard/tree/xfdashboard/window-tracke
r-window.c#n780

As you can also see it connects to the signals "active-window-changed"
to reselect xfdashboard as active window when it is not the active one
anymore, e.g. that happens when the user switches to another window
with ALT+Tab etc. or if the active workspace changes. In the latter one
you don't need to move your application to the new active workspace
when you "pin" your window. See also http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboa
rd/tree/xfdashboard/window-tracker-window.c#n263

I hope it helps.

Regards,
Stephan

Am Montag, den 15.02.2016, 19:27 +0000 schrieb adlo:
> Is xfdashboard a skip tasklist/pager window? What does it do when a
> window is moved to the current workspace?
> 
> Regards
> 
> adlo
> 
> 
> On 5 Feb 2016, at 20:35, adlo <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > My program's window is also maximised and kept above other windows.
> > It has a search entry, so when it loses focus, it could be
> > confusing if the user attempts to type into the search entry and
> > instead finds they are typing into the window behind it, which is
> > completely obscured by my program's window.
> > 
> > Perhaps we could introduce a new EWMH type hint for popup
> > overlay/dashboard windows that are designed to function as part of
> > the UI?
> > 
> > Otherwise, how could I work around this behaviour?
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > adlo
> > 
> > 
> > On 5 Feb 2016, at 17:37, adlo <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > My program is an Xfce panel plugin. It has a popup window which
> > > provides a GNOME Shell-like dashboard with a window switcher and
> > > pager.
> > > 
> > > As it is a dashboard window, it should be perceived as part of
> > > the desktop environment and therefore shouldn't show up in
> > > tasklists or pagers. Also, if it was not skip pager, my program's
> > > window would completely obscure the current workspace on the
> > > pager, which would significantly reduce its functionality.
> > > 
> > > It is intended that the user can use my program to switch to
> > > other workspaces and move windows to other workspaces. It would
> > > be confusing for the end user if moving a window to the current
> > > workspace caused my program's window to lose focus.
> > > 
> > > Here is the source code: https://github.com/adlocode/xfce4-lightd
> > > ash-plugin
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > 
> > > adlo
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 5 Feb 2016, at 15:40, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, you'll end up fighting the WM by doing this.
> > > > 
> > > > BTW, this behavior is on purpose, you'd have to ask why your
> > > > window needs to have the skip pager/taskbar attributes if it's
> > > > to be focused automatically.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Olivier
> > > > 
> > > > On 5 February 2016 at 16:36, adlo <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > My program is written in GTK (2 and 3). I have tried calling
> > > > > gdk_window_focus () when the active workspace changes, by
> > > > > connecting to libwnck's active-workspace-changed signal. This
> > > > > usually works, but I think it results in a race condition.
> > > > > Does anyone know of a better approach?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > 
> > > > > adlo
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On 4 Feb 2016, at 21:23, adlo <adloconwy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My program has a window that is skip tasklist, skip pager,
> > > > > and visible on all workspaces. When switching workspace (or
> > > > > when another window moves to the current workspace), a non-
> > > > > skip-tasklist window will steal the focus from my program's
> > > > > window.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How can I prevent this from happening?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > >
> > > > > > adlo
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