<pre>Yes I thought of that option too, but in that case I would have to re-parent it too a window that is off-screen, and correct me if I'm wrong but i don't think that the app would get any expose events, unless i sent them to it with a client message, say every second or so. And therefore would the window draw itself if it is off-screen? I was just thinking if there was some nice built in feature in Compiz or some plugin that could help me with this. The other option would be to re-parent the windows under the cubes, but that would hinder me from allowing the cubes to have a opacity since you would see the apps through the cubes. //Håkan >Well, the way the wm dock does things is it reparents the window with XEmbed, >not sure if that would work for you or not >On Wednesday 11 July 2007 09:40:47 gasol wrote: >> Hello >> >> I'm writing a compiz plugin that mimics the WindowMaker dock, but instead >> just being in 2d, I have cubes where icons and dockapps (actually any >> application) are rendered too. >> >> Now I'm wondering how can i hide the "real windows" that i dock and keep >> the decorator from drawing decorations on them? >> Since i need to get damage-events on the windows i assume i cant just unmap >> them either. =/ >> I've been looking on the scale plugin but i didn't find anything there that >> helped me. >> >> Currently the docked apps are rendered both to the screen and my dock! Here >> is a screenshot of the problem: > > <a href="http://arlong-park.mine.nu/dock3.png">http://arlong-park.mine.nu/dock3.png</a> >> >> atm I'm just using the drawWindow function from the window, after i have >> scaled and rotated it. >> >> The second thing I'm wondering about is there any way to automagically >> forward the X events to the docked apps or do I have to write that code >> myself? >> >> >> //Håkan</pre>