On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 09/12/10 10:59, Didier Roche wrote: >> Le jeudi 09 décembre 2010 à 18:55 +0800, Sam Spilsbury a écrit : >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was doing some work on the snap windows plugin for compiz and I was >>> wondering if it is the correct behaviour design wise to allow windows >>> to move underneath the launcher and the panel. Currently we have it so >>> that windows snap to the launcher but the user can move the window >>> past the launcher if they "move hard enough" but I was wondering if we >>> should even allow windows to move past these panels in the first >>> place. >>> >>> Let me know what you all think. >> We should just perhaps agree on the snap value? I mean, we want to avoid >> false positive on intellihide but still enabling people to have >> intellihide :) > > In the intellihide, moving the window against the launcher should kick > the launcher out immediately, as it currently does. I think Sam's > referring more to the case where the launcher is locked in place, not > intellihide.
I was thinking something like this (warning: coder's POV, it gets a bit technical). Bit of lingo here since I tend to use it regularly: -> strut: A property called _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL that docks, launchers, etc place on windows to "reserve" an area of the screen. Windows don't get placed there and they cannot maximize over it. -> placement: where the window is positioned on open. My idea was this: 1) On the intellihide case: -> We don't set the strut property, which means that windows can implicitly get placed underneath the launcher (this can be overridden in the unityshell plugin) -> On maximisation the launcher is going to go away anyway, since the window will be covering it -> When moving a window near the launcher, if it goes close then the launcher will go away (intellihide) -> When resizing a window, if the resize border touches the launcher, it goes away, easy 2) On the "fixed launcher" case: -> We set the strut property, so no implicit incorrect placement -> On maximization the window does not cover the launcher -> Windows cannot be resized underneath the launcher -> Windows cannot be moved underneath the launcher. The reason for the fourth one is because we have the window buttons on the left - we do not want to have to obscure them in the case that we move a window. > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Sam Spilsbury _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
