Re: Panels with compiz

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:24:52 +1000
Lucas Hazel <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> I just upgraded to compiz-fusion 0.7.4, and the panels come off the
> screen.
> 

> 
> Not sure if this a bug with ROX or compiz though.
> 

Here is a screenshot of the problem, http://i27.tinypic.com/so1stu.jpg

I'm almost certain this is a ROX related bug now. I did a quick test to
see how compiz handles dock type windows:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
	GtkWidget *panel;
	gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
	panel = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
	gtk_window_set_type_hint(GTK_WINDOW(panel),
		GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DOCK);
	gtk_widget_show(panel);
	gtk_main();
	return 0;
}

Under compiz this immediately put the window onto the edge of the
screen, made it sticky and ignored by pagers and tasklists. So the only
requirement under compiz to create a panel is to set the dock type
window hint.

I've been playing with the X11 magic in gui_support.c and panel.c but
can't seem to pinpoint the cause. Is there anywhere else I should be
looking? Or any ideas what might cause this effect?

-- 
Lucas Hazel <[email protected]>

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