Bugfix: Setup the _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK atom in a standards-compliant way

This makes chrome (and probably other apps, too) receive changes of the
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW and thus show its bookmark dialog properly.

Fixes: #544
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Michael Stapelberg 2012-01-20 10:52:45 +00:00
parent 67ff74d4e3
commit 4f26d6f2a1
3 changed files with 45 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -40,4 +40,10 @@ void ewmh_update_active_window(xcb_window_t window);
*/
void ewmh_update_client_list_stacking(xcb_window_t *stack, int num_windows);
/**
* Set up the EWMH hints on the root window.
*
*/
void ewmh_setup_hints();
#endif

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@ -126,3 +126,41 @@ void ewmh_update_client_list_stacking(xcb_window_t *stack, int num_windows) {
num_windows,
stack);
}
/*
* Set up the EWMH hints on the root window.
*
*/
void ewmh_setup_hints() {
xcb_atom_t supported_atoms[] = {
#define xmacro(atom) A_ ## atom,
#include "atoms.xmacro"
#undef xmacro
};
/* Set up the window managers name. According to EWMH, section "Root Window
* Properties", to indicate that an EWMH-compliant window manager is
* present, a child window has to be created (and kept alive as long as the
* window manager is running) which has the _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK and
* _NET_WM_ATOMS. */
xcb_window_t child_window = xcb_generate_id(conn);
xcb_create_window(
conn,
XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT, /* depth */
child_window, /* window id */
root, /* parent */
0, 0, 1, 1, /* dimensions (x, y, w, h) */
0, /* border */
XCB_WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_ONLY, /* window class */
XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT, /* visual */
0,
NULL);
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, child_window, A__NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK, XCB_ATOM_WINDOW, 32, 1, &child_window);
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, child_window, A__NET_WM_NAME, A_UTF8_STRING, 8, strlen("i3"), "i3");
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK, XCB_ATOM_WINDOW, 32, 1, &child_window);
/* Im not entirely sure if we need to keep _NET_WM_NAME on root. */
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_WM_NAME, A_UTF8_STRING, 8, strlen("i3"), "i3");
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_SUPPORTED, XCB_ATOM_ATOM, 32, 16, supported_atoms);
}

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@ -544,16 +544,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
property_handlers_init();
/* Set up the atoms we support */
xcb_atom_t supported_atoms[] = {
#define xmacro(atom) A_ ## atom,
#include "atoms.xmacro"
#undef xmacro
};
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_SUPPORTED, XCB_ATOM_ATOM, 32, 16, supported_atoms);
/* Set up the window managers name */
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK, XCB_ATOM_WINDOW, 32, 1, &root);
xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_WM_NAME, A_UTF8_STRING, 8, strlen("i3"), "i3");
ewmh_setup_hints();
keysyms = xcb_key_symbols_alloc(conn);