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Set notification window type on X11 #257

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24 changes: 21 additions & 3 deletions src/AbstractBubble.vala
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Expand Up @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ public class Notifications.AbstractBubble : Gtk.Window {
// We have to wrap in Idle otherwise the Meta.Window of the WaylandSurface in Gala is still null
Idle.add_once (init_wl);
} else {
init_x ();
x11_make_notification ();
x11_update_mutter_hints ();
}
});

Expand All @@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ public class Notifications.AbstractBubble : Gtk.Window {

desktop_panel.add_blur (left, right, 16, 16, 9);
} else if (Gdk.Display.get_default () is Gdk.X11.Display) {
init_x ();
x11_update_mutter_hints ();
}
});

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ public class Notifications.AbstractBubble : Gtk.Window {
right = (int) (16 - distance).clamp (0, width);
}

private void init_x () {
private void x11_update_mutter_hints () {
var display = Gdk.Display.get_default ();
if (display is Gdk.X11.Display) {
unowned var xdisplay = ((Gdk.X11.Display) display).get_xdisplay ();
Expand All @@ -198,6 +199,23 @@ public class Notifications.AbstractBubble : Gtk.Window {
}
}

private void x11_make_notification () {
unowned var display = Gdk.Display.get_default ();
if (display is Gdk.X11.Display) {
unowned var xdisplay = ((Gdk.X11.Display) display).get_xdisplay ();

var window = ((Gdk.X11.Surface) get_surface ()).get_xid ();

var atom = xdisplay.intern_atom ("_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE", false);
var notification_atom = xdisplay.intern_atom ("_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NOTIFICATION", false);

// (X.Atom) 4 is XA_ATOM
// 32 is format
// 0 means replace
xdisplay.change_property (window, atom, (X.Atom) 4, 32, 0, (uchar[]) notification_atom, 1);
}
}

private static Wl.RegistryListener registry_listener;
private void init_wl () {
registry_listener.global = registry_handle_global;
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