Re: Linux Weekly News quotes answer to Bruce's mail about Wayland

[Christof Thalhofer <chrisml@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 03.05.24 um 23:26 schrieb Jussi Lahtinen:

>     I disagree , i WANT to position my windows !!   i think the "end
>     user" knows best where the end user wants a window, not the bl**dy
>     compositor !!
>
>
> This feels absurd. Only the user *can* know where they want the windows 
> positioned, everything else is assuming/guessing. But maybe this is 
> something I could get used to. I would need to see it first. Still, 
> reminds me of the decision Ubuntu made some years ago to replace desktop 
> metaphor with "Unity". Design made by people who do all their work on a 
> floor..? Shoebox..?

I made a combobox which is in fact a TextBox which creates a separate 
window and positions it exactly under the textbox to display the 
alternative input possibilities.

See the attached image.

It will be very funny when Wayland positions the window anywhere on the 
screen ...

AFAIKS a lot of such comboboxes are made in the same way.
Alles Gute

Christof Thalhofer

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