LINUX: Added experimental Wayland support (only if unsafe mode enabled and only for some apps). Fixed Xlib's get_wm_name() not working for some apps/windows.

MACOS: Tested OK in multi-monitor setups (based on PyWinBox and PyMonCtl features).
ALL: getDisplay() method returns a list of monitors

Author: Kalmat

dist/PyWinCtl-0.1-py3-none-any.whl

@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ def changeProperty(self, prop: Union[str, int], data: Union[List[int], str],
         :param prop: Property/atom of the event in int or str format
         :param data: Data related to the event. It can be a string or a list of up to 5 integers
         :param prop_type: Property type (e.g. X.AnyPropertyType or Xatom.STRING)
-        :param propMode: whether to Replace/Append/Prepend (Mode.*) the property in relation to the rest of
+        :param propMode: whether to Replace/Append/Prepend (Mode.*) the property in respect to the rest of
                     existing properties
         """
         changeProperty(self.xWindow, prop, data, prop_type, propMode, self.display)
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ def setName(self, name: str):
 
         :param name: new name as string
         """
-        self.xWindow.set_wm_name(name)
+        self.changeProperty(Window.NAME, name)
 
     def getVisibleName(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """
@@ -2617,6 +2617,7 @@ def findit(hwnd: XWindow) -> None:
             children = []
         for child in children:
             try:
+                # This returns empty name in some cases... must use getProperty!!!!
                 ret: Optional[str] = child.get_wm_name()
             except:
                 ret = None

src/ewmhlib/_ewmhlib.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import Xlib.ext
 from Xlib.xobject.drawable import Window as XWindow
 
-from pywinctl._main import BaseWindow, Re, _WatchDog, _findMonitorName, getAllScreens, getScreenSize, getWorkArea, displayWindowsUnderMouse
+from ._main import BaseWindow, Re, _WatchDog, _findMonitorName, getAllScreens, getScreenSize, getWorkArea, displayWindowsUnderMouse
 from pywinbox import Box, Size, Point, Rect, pointInBox
 from ewmhlib import Props, RootWindow, EwmhWindow, defaultRootWindow
 from ewmhlib._ewmhlib import _xlibGetAllWindows
@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ def getActiveWindow() -> Optional[LinuxWindow]:
     """
     Get the currently active (focused) Window in default root
 
+    WAYLAND
     This will not work on Wayland unless you activate unsafe_mode:
        - Press alt + f2
        - write "lg" (without the quotation marks) and press Enter
        - In the command entry box (at the bottom of the window), write "global.context.unsafe_mode = true" (without the quotation marks) and press Enter
        - To exit the "lg" program, click on any of the options in the upper right corner, then press Escape (it seems a lg bug!)
        - You can set unsafe_mode off again by following the same steps, but in this case, using "global.context.unsafe_mode = false"
+    Anyway, it will not work with all windows (especially built-in/"official" apps do not populate xid nor X-Window object)
 
     :return: Window object or None
     """
@@ -94,12 +96,14 @@ def getAllWindows():
     """
     Get the list of Window objects for all visible windows in default root
 
+    WAYLAND
     This will not work on Wayland unless you activate unsafe_mode:
        - Press alt + f2
        - write "lg" (without the quotation marks) and press Enter
        - In the command entry box (at the bottom of the window), write "global.context.unsafe_mode = true" (without the quotation marks) and press Enter
-       - To exit the "lg" program, click on any of the options in the upper right corner, and press Escape (it seems a lg bug!)
+       - To exit the "lg" program, click on any of the options in the upper right corner, then press Escape (it seems a lg bug!)
        - You can set unsafe_mode off again by following the same steps, but in this case, using "global.context.unsafe_mode = false"
+    Anyway, it will not work with all windows (especially built-in/"official" apps do not populate xid nor X-Window object)
 
     :return: list of Window objects
     """