[compiz] Patch: switcher's window is a splash window

[Stjepan Glavina]

On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 00:02 +0100, David Reveman wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 22:14 +0100, Stjepan Glavina wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I made a simple patch which makes switcher's window a splash window
> > (_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH). This way I can easily add effects for it.
> > The window is a splash window, so why not use this type instead of
> > Unknown? Beryl's switcher window is a Splash window too. Is there a
> > reason why Compiz uses Uknown for it?
> 
> Splash window type indicates that the window is a splash screen
> displayed as an application is starting up. I wouldn't say that this is
> what the switcher window is. To me it seems like the switcher window
> better match the behavior of a parentless dialog or the new notification
> window type.
> 
> A non-override-redirect window without a type hint should be considered
> of type Normal, according to the EWMH spec. So as long as I'm not
> convinced that some other type than Normal is more correct, I wont be
> setting that hint.
> 
> You can always look for the "_SWITCH_SELECT_WINDOW" hint if you really
> need to determine if a window is a switcher window.
> 
> -David
> 
> 

Can switcher's window be of any type so that we can easily add effects
to it (like wobbly or fade)? Maybe Utility?

Stjepan