Hi Yeti, Thanks so much for the useful response! I was able to test out the Extended Window Manager hints feature with a small program (I also referred Nautilus source code which already uses this through gdk).
Thanks again! Gaurav On 3/22/07, David Nečas (Yeti) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:48:48AM +0530, Gaurav Jain wrote: > > I need to determine the actual desktop bounds usable by a GTK > > application on a Linux Desktop. The screen size (the one returned by > > gdk_screen_width() and gdk_screen_height()) also includes window > > manager bars such as the task bar, the panels on top and bottom of the > > screen, etc. and I don't want those to be included. > > > > What I want is the size that a GtkWindow can acquire if it is maximized. > > > > Is there a reliable way for me to determine this size? > > Sort of, see _NET_WORKAREA in the EWMH specs > http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.html > But if you window has decorations, you cannot use it directly > to calculate the maximized size and position. > > > Does Gtk > > provide any method for me to do this? > > No. > > What `maximized window' means is defined by the window > manager and windows are maximized by asking the window > manager to do it. Some window managers even may not support > maximization or may have it intentionally disabled. The > right size and position can change over time (desktop is > resized, bars are shown/hidden/resized, ...). > > Yeti > > -- > http://gwyddion.net/ > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
