On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:14:59AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> "S. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:43:28AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:34:53PM -0600, S. Anderson wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 08:12:16PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> > > > > 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.
> > > > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > Just thought I would mention, if you use png images for your Icons,
> > > > clicking on the transparent part will do what you want.
> > > 
> > > Um, really?  But we haven't implemented anything like this in
> > > fvwm.
> > 
> > hmm, mabey the transparent part of my icon isn't completely transparent
> > then. It is here if you want to look at it.
> > http://www.xmission.com/~sa/terminal.png
> 
> For me, clicking on the transparent parts is like clicking on
> the root.
> 
> I'm running current FVWM CVS, Mandrake 8.1 with
> XFree 3.3.6 and an S3 Savage video card.

Do you have XRender support?  I think that's necessary for the PNG
alpha channel.  I'm not sure if this influences if the icon is
shaped or not.

Bye

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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