On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 07:21 +0100, Fredrik Höglund wrote: > > The other hint that would be useful is a hint similar to > > _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS that specifies client-side drop shadow extents. > The > > main idea here being that the WM could take advantage of this to > know > > where to perform window snapping for windows whose decorations and > > drop-shadows are drawn client-side. This might be called > > _NET_SHADOW_EXTENTS. > > I think this is a good idea, but maybe it should have a more generic > name, since the client may draw something other than a shadow > around the window. > > Also, while the spec doesn't say, I think the convention is that > properties > set by the client start with _NET_WM, while properties set by the > window > manager start with _NET.
Perhaps instead of using a shadow/whatever extents region, we mark the 'content' region instead. So, _NET_WM_CONTENT_AREA would describe everything inside the drop-shadow/glow/padding and would be used by the WM to determine window snapping regions and such. _______________________________________________ wm-spec-list mailing list wm-spec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list