Re: Wayland and Gambas

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 13:01, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 16:01, Philippe Valarcher <
> philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Wayland and problems :
>>
>> Soon Xorg will be liable for time (in not so long). Already, many
>> distributions offer Wayland by default.
>> Given the number of display bugs under Wayland with Gambas, it is time to
>> start identifying all these and glimpse some solutions.
>> Not so long ago Gambas did not work under Wayland, which will become the
>> norm in a short time.
>>
>> Here is what I have already identified with Patrick and is to be
>> continued :
>>
>> - Skiptaskbar is not operational under Wayland.
>> - Applications are displayed anywhere, no need to center them, your
>> forms, they will go: "On the screen".
>> - It's even worse with several screens.
>>
> I find if you want wayland compatibility you have to do the following...
>
> Remove any code using Mouse.ScreenX/Mouse.ScreenY
>  As gambas reports these values relevant to the Form not the Screen. (like
> the form is as top level as it goes) so your code won't work as expected.
> Forget any kind of Main Form positioning.
> Getting or setting Form.X, Form.Y or using Form.Move() or using
> Form_Move() event, all do not work in wayland.
> again, like the form is as top level as it can see so it's X and Y are
> relevant to itself not the current Screen,
> i found Form.X and Form.Y the same (about 20,20) wherever the form was on
> the screen.
>
> Sorry i have not tested for the other problems you mentioned about
> SkipTaskbar, TrayIcon, etc
>
> Something just seems kinda horribly wrong to me.  but this how it is.
>
> PS.  I have started to add some warnings in the wiki about these Screen
related issues with wayland

Respects
BruceS