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

[David Reveman]

On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 21:26 +0100, Stjepan Glavina wrote:
> 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?

We clearly need a more sophisticated way for matching windows. We should
add a new window-match option that contains the current window type list
and other useful things like window class, window title, application
name.

I'll set the switcher window to utility type for now.

-David