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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-06-19 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/wm.n: Added documentation of the -type attribute that was + introduced in TIP#359, and moved documentation of -alpha to common + section as it is supported on all platforms now. + 2011-06-17 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/ttk/ttkTrace.c: Workaround Bug 3062331. @@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ values are as follows: All platforms support the following attributes (though X11 users should see the notes below): .TP +\fB\-alpha\fR +. +Specifies the alpha transparency level of the toplevel. It accepts a value +from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR (opaque). Values outside that +range will be constrained. Where not supported, the \fB\-alpha\fR value +remains at \fB1.0\fR. +.TP \fB\-fullscreen\fR . Places the window in a mode that takes up the entire screen, has no @@ -71,14 +78,6 @@ Specifies whether this is a topmost window (displays above all other windows). .PP On Windows, the following attributes may be set. .TP -\fB\-alpha\fR -. -Specifies the alpha transparency level of the toplevel. -It accepts a value from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR -(opaque). Values outside that range will be constrained. This is -supported on Windows 2000/XP+. Where not supported, the \fB\-alpha\fR -value remains at \fB1.0\fR. -.TP \fB\-disabled\fR . Specifies whether the window is in a disabled state. @@ -97,12 +96,6 @@ at \fB{}\fR. .PP On Mac OS X, the following attributes may be set. .TP -\fB\-alpha\fR -. -Specifies the alpha transparency level of the window. -It accepts a value from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR (opaque), -values outside that range will be constrained. -.TP \fB\-modified\fR . Specifies the modification state of the window (determines whether the @@ -129,6 +122,86 @@ On X11, the following attributes may be set. These are not supported by all window managers, and will have no effect under older WMs. .\" See http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/wm-spec .TP +\fB\-type\fR +.VS 8.6 +Requests that the window should be interpreted by the window manager as being +of the specified type(s). This may cause the window to be decorated in a +different way or otherwise managed differently, though exactly what happens is +entirely up to the window manager. A list of types may be used, in order of preferance. The following values are mapped to +constants defined in the EWMH specification (using others is possible, but not +advised): +.RS +.TP +\fBdesktop\fR +. +indicates a desktop feature, +.TP +\fBdock\fR +. +indicates a dock/panel feature, +.TP +\fBtoolbar\fR +. +indicates a toolbar window that should be acting on behalf of another window, +as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBmenu\fR +. +indicates a torn-off menu that should be acting on behalf of another window, +as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fButility\fR +. +indicates a utility window (e.g., palette or toolbox) that should be acting on +behalf of another window, as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBsplash\fR +. +indicates a splash screen, displayed during application start up, +.TP +\fBdialog\fR +. +indicates a general dialog window, that should be acting on behalf of another +window, as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBdropdown_menu\fR +. +indicates a menu summoned from a menu bar, which should usually also be set to +be override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBpopup_menu\fR +. +indicates a popup menu, which should usually also be set to be +override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBtooltip\fR +. +indicates a tooltip window, which should usually also be set to be +override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBnotification\fR +. +indicates a window that provides a background notification of some event, +which should usually also be set to be override-redirected (with \fBwm +overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBcombo\fR +. +indicates the drop-down list of a combobox widget, which should usually also +be set to be override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBdnd\fR +. +indicates a window that represents something being dragged, which should +usually also be set to be override-redirected (with +\fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBnormal\fR +. +indicates a window that has no special interpretation. +.RE +.VE 8.6 +.TP \fB\-zoomed\fR . Requests that the window should be maximized. This is the same as \fBwm state @@ -633,6 +706,9 @@ empty string if \fIwindow\fR is not currently a transient window. A transient window will mirror state changes in the master and inherit the state of the master when initially mapped. It is an error to attempt to make a window a transient of itself. +The window manager may also decorate a transient window differently, removing +some features normally present (e.g., minimize and maximize buttons) though +this is entirely at the discretion of the window manager. .TP \fBwm withdraw \fIwindow\fR . |