Ahh, I see dialogue got added to the defaults ;-) On 1 January 2015 at 18:35, Craig Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > I tend to add the 'dialogue' to auto_float_types in my config. I also > have a bunch of other rules for other apps, including gitk. > > The flashing seems to be something I see a lot in Tcl/Tk based > applications. I believe its due to our implementation of the > WM_NOTIFY specification. You can avoid the flashing by using a layout > that does not hide windows, like tile. > > On 1 January 2015 at 15:32, Tycho Andersen <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 04:58:49PM +0800, Dario Giovannetti wrote: >>> The "About" dialogs (usually opened from the "Help->About" menu) of these >>> applications are shown as normal windows, i.e. they are tiled: >>> >>> * Firefox >>> * Thunderbird >>> * gitk (but *not* git-gui, which could be interesting for debugging) >>> >>> I think they should be floated, like for all the other applications I >>> tested, but I'm not sure what property exactly should distinguish them from >>> the other windows. >>> >>> I'm using the latest git version of Qtile. >>> >>> Do you think this is a bug in Qtile or in those projects' interfaces? >> >> Looks like for firefox at least, it sets WM_WINDOW_ROLE to "About", so >> you could customize your floating layout to capture them: >> >> floating_layout = layout.Floating(float_rules=[{"role": "About"}]) >> >> It seems like it would be reasonable to float those by default, >> though, some thing like this: >> >> https://github.com/tych0/qtile/commit/8ff87a78de05658944e0c89cb9cce1c692ca8e62 >> >> If nobody objects, I'll push that soon :) >> >> Tycho >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "qtile-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Craig
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