Unable to position relatively (wl_shell_surface_set_transient)

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:20:59 +0200
Tarnyko <tarnyko at tarnyko.net> wrote:

> Hi folks, 
> 
> I'm trying to use the "wl_shell_surface_set_transient" function to position 
> 2 surfaces relatively to each other. 
> 
> Here is a sample code, which compiles out-of-the-box with Wayland 1.2, and 
> tries to map a 2nd surface at 100x100 relatively to the 1st one : 
> 
> http://pastebin.com/T0SvT1fY 
> 
> The key part is line 208 : 
> 
> wl_shell_surface_set_transient (window2->shell_surface, window->surface, 
> 100, 100, 0); 
> 
> 
> But here's what I obtain : 
> 
> http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/wayland_transient_problem.png 
> 
> So the 2 surfaces keep appearing totally randomly.
> What am I doing wrong ? 

set_toplevel overwrites set_transient. A surface cannot be both
toplevel and transient, roles are mutually exclusive.


Cheers,
pq