Re: Wayland and Gambas

[Philippe Valarcher <philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx>]

Le dimanche 07 avril 2024 à 13:06 +0100, Bruce Steers a écrit :
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> 
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 13:01, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 16:01, Philippe Valarcher
> > <philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 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

Thank you for your kind answer. The problem is more from wayland than
from Gambas but the futur is on.

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Philippe Valarcher <philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx>