[PATCH wayland-protocols v4] unstable: add xdg-toplevel-decoration protocol

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Sat Mar 24 11:08:15 UTC 2018


This adds a new protocol to negotiate server-side rendering of window
decorations for xdg-toplevels. This allows compositors that want to draw
decorations themselves to send their preference to clients, and clients that
prefer server-side decorations to request them.

This is inspired by a protocol from KDE [1] which has been implemented in
KDE and Sway and was submitted for consideration in 2017 [2]. This patch
provides an updated protocol with those concerns taken into account.

Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr>
Reviewed-by: Drew DeVault <sir at cmpwn.com>
Reviewed-by: David Edmundson <david at davidedmundson.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Alan Griffiths <alan.griffiths at canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Tony Crisci <tony at dubstepdish.com>

[1] https://github.com/KDE/kwayland/blob/master/src/client/protocols/server-decoration.xml
[2] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-October/035564.html
---

This was iterated on privately between representatives of Sway and wlroots
(Simon Ser, Drew DeVault and Tony Crisci), KDE and Qt (David Edmundson), and
Mir (Alan Griffiths).

A proof-of-concept of a client and server implementation is available at [1].

Changes from v3 to v4:
- Updated the definition of decorations to remove unnecessary constraints (Eike)
- Fix ambiguity in zxdg_toplevel_decoration_v1 description (Peter)
- Specify that the decoration object must be destroyed before the toplevel
  (Pekka, Peter)
- Changed decoration mode enum to "client_side" and "server_side" (Peter)
- Replaced "server" with "compositor" in preferred_mode event description
  (Peter)
- State that the mode sent by the compositor with the configure event must be
  obeyed (Peter)
- Reword client-side decorations description (Eike)

[1] https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/pull/638

 Makefile.am                                        |   1 +
 unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/README            |   4 +
 .../xdg-toplevel-decoration-unstable-v1.xml        | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/README
 create mode 100644 unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/xdg-toplevel-decoration-unstable-v1.xml

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4b9a901..07744e9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ unstable_protocols =								\
 	unstable/keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit/keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit-unstable-v1.xml \
 	unstable/xdg-output/xdg-output-unstable-v1.xml				\
 	unstable/input-timestamps/input-timestamps-unstable-v1.xml	\
+	unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/xdg-toplevel-decoration-unstable-v1.xml	\
 	$(NULL)
 
 stable_protocols =								\
diff --git a/unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/README b/unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e927110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/README
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+xdg_toplevel_decoration protocol
+
+Maintainers:
+Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr>
diff --git a/unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/xdg-toplevel-decoration-unstable-v1.xml b/unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/xdg-toplevel-decoration-unstable-v1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fbc688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unstable/xdg-toplevel-decoration/xdg-toplevel-decoration-unstable-v1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<protocol name="xdg_toplevel_decoration_unstable_v1">
+  <copyright>
+    Copyright © 2018 Simon Ser
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+    copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+    to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+    the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+    and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+    Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+    paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+    Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+    THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+    DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+  </copyright>
+
+  <interface name="zxdg_toplevel_decoration_manager_v1" version="1">
+    <description summary="window decoration manager">
+      This interface allows a compositor to announce support for server-side
+      decorations and optionally express a preference for using them.
+
+      A window decoration is a set of window controls as deemed appropriate by
+      the party managing them, such as user interface components used to move,
+      resize and change a window's state.
+
+      A client can use this protocol to request being decorated by a supporting
+      compositor.
+
+      If compositor and client do not negotiate the use of a server-side
+      decoration using this protocol, clients continue to self-decorate as they
+      see fit.
+
+      Warning! The protocol described in this file is experimental and
+      backward incompatible changes may be made. Backward compatible changes
+      may be added together with the corresponding interface version bump.
+      Backward incompatible changes are done by bumping the version number in
+      the protocol and interface names and resetting the interface version.
+      Once the protocol is to be declared stable, the 'z' prefix and the
+      version number in the protocol and interface names are removed and the
+      interface version number is reset.
+    </description>
+
+    <enum name="error">
+      <entry name="unconfigured_buffer" value="1"/>
+      <entry name="already_constructed" value="2"/>
+    </enum>
+
+    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+      <description summary="destroy the decoration manager object">
+        Destroy the decoration manager.
+      </description>
+    </request>
+
+    <request name="get_decoration">
+      <description summary="create a new decoration object">
+        Create a new decoration object associated with the given toplevel.
+
+        Creating an xdg_toplevel_decoration from an xdg_toplevel which has a
+        buffer attached or committed is a client error, and any attempts by a
+        client to attach or manipulate a buffer prior to the first
+        xdg_toplevel_decoration.configure call must also be treated as
+        errors.
+      </description>
+      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="zxdg_toplevel_decoration_v1"/>
+      <arg name="toplevel" type="object" interface="xdg_toplevel"/>
+    </request>
+  </interface>
+
+  <interface name="zxdg_toplevel_decoration_v1" version="1">
+    <description summary="decoration object for a toplevel surface">
+      The decoration object allows the compositor to toggle server-side window
+      decorations for a toplevel surface. The client can request to switch to
+      another mode.
+
+      The xdg_toplevel_decoration object must be destroyed before its
+      xdg_toplevel.
+    </description>
+
+    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+      <description summary="destroy the decoration object">
+        Switch back to a mode without any server-side decorations at the next
+        commit.
+      </description>
+    </request>
+
+    <enum name="mode">
+      <description summary="window decoration modes">
+        These values describe window decoration modes.
+      </description>
+      <entry name="client_side" value="1" summary="no server-side decoration"/>
+      <entry name="server_side" value="2" summary="server-side window decoration"/>
+    </enum>
+
+    <request name="set_mode">
+      <description summary="set the decoration mode">
+        Set the toplevel surface decoration mode.
+
+        After requesting a decoration mode, the compositor will respond by
+        emitting a xdg_surface.configure event. The client should then update
+        its content, drawing it without decorations if the received mode is
+        server-side decorations. The client must also acknowledge the configure
+        when committing the new content (see xdg_surface.ack_configure).
+
+        The compositor can ignore this request.
+      </description>
+      <arg name="mode" type="uint" enum="mode" summary="the decoration mode"/>
+    </request>
+
+    <event name="preferred_mode">
+      <description summary="advertise the compositor's preferred mode">
+        The preferred_mode event describes the compositor's preferred decoration
+        mode for this toplevel surface. The event is sent when binding to the
+        decoration object and whenever the preferred mode changes.
+      </description>
+      <arg name="mode" type="uint" enum="mode" summary="the preferred mode"/>
+    </event>
+
+    <event name="configure">
+      <description summary="suggest a surface change">
+        The configure event asks the client to change its decoration mode. The
+        configured state should not be applied immediately. See
+        xdg_surface.configure for details.
+
+        A configure event can be sent at any time, not necessarily in reply to a
+        set_mode request. The specified mode must be obeyed by the client.
+      </description>
+      <arg name="mode" type="uint" enum="mode" summary="the decoration mode"/>
+    </event>
+  </interface>
+</protocol>
-- 
2.16.2




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