Application for finding all Windows

[Thiago Macieira]

Udayan Singh wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to develop an application where I can get a list of all the
> windows that are open in the GNOME Screen and find any activity being
> performed on any other window on the GUI screen (and not only my
> application) e.g. mouse click on window of another application sends me
> a signal.

I think you'll need to grab the X11 mouse and/or keyboard. I am not 
familiar with how X11 works, so I can't help you there.

>Plan to use GNOME as environment. Can I use dbus here to capture a mouse
>click occuring on any other application (i.e. any other application and
>not made /implemented by me) ?

No. D-Bus knows nothing about mice.

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