topmost windows

[Deron Johnson]

BTW: I've also prototyped the addition the composite-specific window
attribute ignoreRedirectFromParent and it works fine too. This causes
CompositeRedirectSubwindows to ignore windows marked with these
attributes.

Deron Johnson wrote On 01/10/06 11:56,:
> For what it's worth, I've prototyped the composite priority window idea
> and it works like a charm for LG. The change was pretty simple. I just
> needed to add another attribute to CompositeChangeWindowAttributes
> (which I was prototyping anyway) and then change window.c:RealChildHead
> to callt he following function:
> 
> WindowPtr
> compRealChildHead(WindowPtr pWin)
> {
>     CompWindowAttrPtr cwattr;
>     WindowPtr pChild, pChildBefore;
> 
>     if (!pWin->parent &&
> 	(screenIsSaved == SCREEN_SAVER_ON) &&
> 	(HasSaverWindow (pWin->drawable.pScreen->myNum))) {
> 
> 	/*
> 	** First child is the screen saver; see if next child
> 	** is the composite priority window.
> 	*/
> 
> 	pChildBefore = pWin->firstChild;
> 	pChild = pChildBefore->nextSib;
> 
>     } else {
> 	pChildBefore = NullWindow;
> 	pChild = pWin->firstChild;
>     }
> 
>     if (!pChild) {
> 	return NullWindow;
>     }
> 
>     cwattr = GetCompWindowAttr(pChild);
>     if (cwattr && cwattr->priorityWindow) {
> 	return pChild;
>     } else {
> 	return pChildBefore;
>     }
> }
> 
> The topmost window idea will work for LG equally well.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> xorg-arch mailing list
> xorg-arch at lists.x.org
> http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-arch