On 02/05/2011 05:39 AM, Carl-Philip Haensch wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that mouseover texts for linux are the same for each app I use. So > it seems to be part of the compositor/of X11 to show Hover-Texts. > > In wayland protocol, i did not find a request to show a hover text or > something. > Is there a plan to add such functionality? > A hover text would at least need the following Attributes: > - Text (or img buffer) > - Position (or maybe mouse position) > - Timeout (compositor site? enable an interrupt request?) > > I think hover boxes and notification panels can be treated the same because > they both are placed in an overlay, they both have a content and > position/size. > > What do you think about? > _______________________________________________ > wayland-devel mailing list > wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel >
In Wayland, drawing is all done by the client. This would be a function of the toolkit that you are using, say GTK or Qt. This is how you get those boxes now. It would not require a new mechanism in the protocol, nor does it require a new mechanism in the X11 protocol. It is simply a slightly different application of Window. We do not yet have stable releases of those toolkits that use Wayland as the drawing engine, but they are in process. Be patient for a short while and your prayers will be answered. _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
