Steve Talley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I didn't get any response to this on the FVWM user's list, so I > thought I'd try the devel list.
Hmm, looks like this slipped thru the cracks. > Thanks, > > Steve > > Steve Talley wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I've been using shaped desktop icons which look very spiffy but > > present a frequent problem. When I go to click on an icon, about > > half the time (depending on the icon) I end up clicking on a > > transparent part of the icon, which gets passed through to the > > desktop. The result is that the root menu pops up instead of the > > intended deiconification. > > > > This behavior differs from some other window managers (and M$ > > Windows) where clicking within the bounds of the icon, even on > > transparent portions of the icon, results in a click on the icon > > itself. This looks just as nice and makes for a less error-prone > > experience. > > > > Is there some easy config fix for this in FVWM that I've missed in > > the man page? I know I could just not use shaped icons, or use more > > dense icons, but that would detract from the spiffiness. > > > > Barring a configuration fix, has anyone given any thought to how > > this could be implemented in FVWM? My knowledge of the X Shape > > extension is limited but I don't believe that it allows you to catch > > clicks passed to transparent portions of the window. Technically, I think you are correct. > > One thought I had would be to implement an non-shaped InputOnly > > window over the shaped pixmap icon window. Then map/move/resize it > > along with the pixmap icon window. But looking through the code > > this would seem to be a big change. I believe any additional window would have to have content, Ie. pixels set to some value, so unless the icon attempted to pick up the pixels of whatever was under it, it wouldn't be transparent. Perhaps you could name some other window manager that does things differently (other than windows) so we could take a look. We have had requests to supply a frame around the shaped icons like mwm does it. A patch would probably be accepted. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 444 Hoes Lane Room RRC 1C-214 Phone: (732) 699-5570 Piscataway, NJ 08854 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
