Don't be discouraged by the other replies. I have been caught off guard by a dmenu of my own use being a bit too subtle for me to notice, and a shadow would have made it more clear that a new object needs attention. Not sure why anyone would complain about a UI advancement that is both trivial and backed by years of research.
> On Jul 24, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Jan Christoph Ebersbach <j...@e-jc.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > Here are the patches to set _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK for dwm's bar > and dmenu. Would someone with commit rights apply them to master? > > Thank you. > > Jan Christoph > >> On Wed 20-07-2016 07:05 +0200, Jan Christoph Ebersbach wrote: >> >> Great, thanks for the feeback. I'll provide a patch this week. >> >> Jan Christoph >> >>> On Tue 19-07-2016 20:47 +0200, v4hn wrote: >>> >>> Where's the patch? >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 07:43:26PM +0200, Jan Christoph Ebersbach >>> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I just stumbled upon the compositor compton and came across this >>>> wiki page that describes that shadows don't work properly in >>>> combination with dwm and dmenu: >>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton#dwm_.26_dmenu The >>>> reason for this is that _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE and >>>> _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP aren't set for the bar/menu that is >>>> drawn. >>>> >>>> The closest I could get in my research was >>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.misc.suckless/7688. dwm >>>> implements _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE for client windows. >>>> >>>> Is there a specific reason for not implementing >>>> _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE for dwm and dmenu other than that nobody did >>>> it so far? I think it's worth the issue because a compositor >>>> greatly improves window tearing and it would make the tools more >>>> compatible to the expected behavior. >>>> >>>> Btw, here is another issue related to compositors that might be >>>> worth considering again: >>>> http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1505/26735.html >>>> >>>> Jan Christoph > > -- > Jan Christoph Ebersbach > I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes > from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes > from trusting Christ - God’s righteousness. Phil 3:9 > <0001-Mark-barwin-type-as-dock_dwm.patch> > <0001-Mark-window-type-as-dock_dmenu.patch>
