Window positioning

[Jasper St. Pierre]

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Hi Han,

In that case, you should probably use a protocol designed for embedded
surface layout, like ivi-shell, rather than xdg-shell. Embedded,
static-size display is a very different use case than a modern desktop
system which requires hotplug and multimonitor layouts.

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:26 AM, Han, Guowei <Guowei.Han at johnsonoutdoors.com>
wrote:

> We are not allowing user move position since we are in an embedded system.
> So that’s not an issue for us. We don’t even have a mouse connected.
>
>
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> *From:* magcius at gmail.com [mailto:magcius at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Jasper
> St. Pierre
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 03, 2018 12:24 PM
> *To:* Han, Guowei <Guowei.Han at johnsonoutdoors.com>
> *Cc:* Kai-Uwe <ku.b-list at gmx.de>; wayland <wayland-devel at lists.
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> *Subject:* Re: Window positioning
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> Hi Han,
>
> Allowing yourselves to place multiple windows where you want it then isn't
> going to solve that problem, since users can still drag them around,
> minimize them, etc. Multiprocess rendering is a bit tricksy, and there's no
> standardized way to do it right now. The traditional technique is to build
> your own Wayland compositor inside your application, which is a bit
> heavyweight, and then use wl_subsurface to composite the results. This is
> what e.g. WebKit2's architecture does, and it's something I've tried to
> implement in the past [0]. As the scope of a Wayland compositor becomes
> larger and larger over time, I think this is starting to become a bit
> impractical. It might be worth looking into a multi-process buffer-sharing
> protocol as a Wayland extension, since it's a use case that keeps coming up.
>
>
>
> [0] https://github.com/magcius/wakefield
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:23 AM, Han, Guowei <Guowei.Han at johnsonoutdoors.
> com> wrote:
>
> We are running a multi process application. And GUI is act as a
> transparent top layer. All other process rendering by them self underneath.
> So its important for other process to place the window at right potion.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2018, at 2:58 AM, Kai-Uwe <ku.b-list at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Maybe you are after a full screen application then. With that you should
> be able to decide about the positioning on the whole output.
>
> Am 03.01.2018 um 02:37 schrieb Han, Guowei:
>
> Thanks Jasper. Do u know if there's a demo i can learn from? Currently i
> am creating a bigger surface bigger than screen size. and make subsurface
> so i can posion them as i want. Really don't think its a good way to do it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2018, at 4:25 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre at mecheye.net>
> wrote:
>
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> Hi Han,
>
>
>
> You cannot position surfaces absolutely using the traditional xdg-shell
> protocol. However, for embedded cases, there are protocols like ivi-shell
> which provide that functionality.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Han, Guowei <Guowei.Han at johnsonoutdoors.
> com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Wonder if there’s a way we can position window to anywhere we want using
> wayland or maybe weston?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
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