Hello,
Don't know if anyone would find this useful or not. But here it is.
After playing with borderless windows it occurred to me it would be nice
to simply "Pin" a window down to the desktop background. The attached
patch adds a border menu item that will:
- set the window to borderles
- set stacking to below all
- set skip winlist
This has the net effect of pinning it down to the desktop background,
and allowing it to stay there when you toggle the show desktop state.
I find this useful, because I like to have a few items up borderless
below everything, and wish that they not get swept away when showing the
desktop. I realize removing it from the winlist accomplishes that.
However in order to do what I want to several windows I must select all
these settings on each window. Seems a bit tedious. So I created a
border menu to automate it. :)
Gives that "Active Desktop" feeling that MS had/has going on. You could
add various (dare I say transparent) terminals showing whatever, maybe
pin your calendar app down so its always there. Just ideas.
To complete the 'effect', next would be to remove that clients
eligibility from the dropshadow module. If this patch is accepted, I'll
look into that.
Note that once pinned you may use the alt+rmb combo to bring the menu up
and select "unpin".
--
Regards,
Ravenlock
Index: e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_border.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/e/e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_border.h,v
retrieving revision 1.153
diff -u -r1.153 e_border.h
--- e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_border.h 30 Nov 2006 17:42:41 -0000 1.153
+++ e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_border.h 15 Feb 2007 17:50:23 -0000
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
unsigned int need_maximize : 1;
E_Maximize maximized;
unsigned int borderless : 1;
+ unsigned int pinned_to_desktop : 1;
const char *bordername;
unsigned int lock_user_location : 1; /*DONE*/
Index: e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_int_border_menu.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/e/e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_int_border_menu.c,v
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -r1.55 e_int_border_menu.c
--- e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_int_border_menu.c 28 Dec 2006 14:05:07 -0000
1.55
+++ e17/apps/e/src/bin/e_int_border_menu.c 15 Feb 2007 17:50:23 -0000
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
static void _e_border_menu_cb_skip_winlist(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item
*mi);
static void _e_border_menu_cb_sendto_pre(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item
*mi);
static void _e_border_menu_cb_sendto(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi);
+static void _e_border_menu_cb_pin(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi);
+static void _e_border_menu_cb_unpin(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi);
static void _e_border_menu_cb_raise(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi);
static void _e_border_menu_cb_lower(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi);
static void _e_border_menu_cb_state_pre(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item
*mi);
@@ -182,6 +184,28 @@
"e/widgets/border/default/sendto");
}
+ if (!bd->pinned_to_desktop)
+ {
+ mi = e_menu_item_new(m);
+ e_menu_item_label_set(mi, _("Pin to Desktop"));
+ e_menu_item_callback_set(mi, _e_border_menu_cb_pin, bd);
+ e_menu_item_icon_edje_set(mi,
+ e_theme_edje_file_get("base/theme/borders",
+
"e/widgets/border/default/stick"),
+ "e/widgets/border/default/stick");
+ }
+
+ if (bd->pinned_to_desktop)
+ {
+ mi = e_menu_item_new(m);
+ e_menu_item_label_set(mi, _("Unpin from Desktop"));
+ e_menu_item_callback_set(mi, _e_border_menu_cb_unpin, bd);
+ e_menu_item_icon_edje_set(mi,
+ e_theme_edje_file_get("base/theme/borders",
+
"e/widgets/border/default/stick"),
+ "e/widgets/border/default/stick");
+ }
+
mi = e_menu_item_new(m);
e_menu_item_separator_set(mi, 1);
@@ -795,6 +819,54 @@
}
}
+static void
+_e_border_menu_cb_pin(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi)
+{
+ E_Border *bd;
+
+ bd = e_object_data_get(E_OBJECT(m));
+ if (bd)
+ {
+ bd->pinned_to_desktop = 1;
+ bd->borderless = 1;
+ bd->user_skip_winlist = 1;
+ bd->client.netwm.state.stacking = E_STACKING_BELOW;
+
+ if (bd->layer != 50)
+ {
+ e_border_layer_set(bd, 50);
+ e_hints_window_stacking_set(bd, E_STACKING_BELOW);
+ }
+
+ bd->client.border.changed = 1;
+ bd->changed = 1;
+ }
+}
+
+static void
+_e_border_menu_cb_unpin(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi)
+{
+ E_Border *bd;
+
+ bd = e_object_data_get(E_OBJECT(m));
+ if (bd)
+ {
+ bd->pinned_to_desktop = 0;
+ bd->borderless = 0;
+ bd->user_skip_winlist = 0;
+ bd->client.netwm.state.stacking = E_STACKING_NONE;
+
+ if (bd->layer != 100)
+ {
+ e_border_layer_set(bd, 100);
+ e_hints_window_stacking_set(bd, E_STACKING_NONE);
+ }
+
+ bd->client.border.changed = 1;
+ bd->changed = 1;
+ }
+}
+
static void
_e_border_menu_cb_raise(void *data, E_Menu *m, E_Menu_Item *mi)
{
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