You've discovered the fun of the input shape! The simple answer is to
replace:
Main.uiGroup.add_actor(box);
with:
Main.layoutManager.addChrome(box);
I'll follow up with a more thorough explanation to the list in a bit.
Hopefully for 3.10 we can fix this better.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Vadim <va...@dbfin.com> wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> A list new-comer's question.
>
> Here's a very simple "extension" to illustrate the problem:
>
> const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
> const St = imports.gi.St;
>
> const Main = imports.ui.main;
>
> function init () {
> }
>
> function enable () {
> let (box = new St.BoxLayout({ reactive: true,
> width: 50,
> height: 50,
> x:
> Main.layoutManager.primaryMonitor.x + 50,
> y:
> Main.layoutManager.primaryMonitor.y
> + (Main.panel.actor.get_height()
> >> 1) })) {
> global.stage._boxTest = box;
> Main.uiGroup.add_actor(box);
> box.set_style('background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)');
> box.show();
> box.raise_top(); // let's try everything
> box.connect('enter-event', function () {
> global.set_cursor(Shell.Cursor.POINTING_HAND); });
> box.connect('leave-event', function () { global.unset_cursor(); });
> } // let (box)
> }
>
> function disable() {
> if (global.stage._boxTest) {
> global.stage._boxTest.destroy();
> global.stage._boxTest = null;
> }
> }
>
> What it does is just create a simple fixed sized StBoxLayout and put it so
> that it covers half panel vertically. So, the box looks like this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Panel -----------------------
> | Box Area A |
> ---------------------------------------------------
> | Area B |
> -----------------------
>
>
> Then all I want is to change cursor when the mouse pointer is over the
> box.
>
> What happens: when the pointer moves to Area A, the cursor indeed changes
> to "hand". But when it moves to Area B (whether from outside or from Area
> A) the cursor changes back to normal as if Area B was not a part of the box
> at all. In fact, in Area B the cursor changes depending on whatever is
> below the box. In other words, it "sees through the box" and behaves as if
> there were no box at all.
>
> Somehow, when the box is over the main panel, Clutter delivers the
> signal/event to the box, otherwise it does not, and moreover if the pointer
> moves from Area A to Area B the box receives the 'leave-event' signal!
>
> Also, a note: if I change Main.uiGroup to something else, like its parent
> global.stage, it does not change anything. And, of course, changing the
> box's opacity to 1.0 does not help either. It is set to 0.7 just to see
> what is below it. Another observation is that if I open, for example,
> LookingGlass, then the whole box works as expected.
>
> It seems to me that I am missing just a little detail to make it work. So,
> my question is simple enough: what is missing in the code above.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Vadim.
>
>
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