[Gambas-user] Making a taskbar with Gambas 3

[Joshua Higgins]

wow! features are implemented soo quickly... thank you Beniot!!!

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Benoit Minisini <
gambas at ...1...> wrote:

> This is possible now, thanks to the changes in the gb.desktop component
> from
> revision #1617.
>
> 1) The DesktopWindow class now allows to change the Minimized, Maximized,
> FullScreen, Sticky state of a top-level window.
>
> 2) The new DesktopWatcher class allows to watch the following things:
> - Active window change.
> - Current virtual desktop change.
> - Virtual desktop name change.
> - Number of virtual desktops change.
> - Desktop width/height change.
> - Window more/resize change.
> - Window name (title) change.
> - Window icon change.
> - Window state change.
>
> Not everything is finished and engraved in the marble, but all these
> features
> are enough to implement a taskbar, a pager, and to manage virtual desktops.
>
> The only thing that is missing is something to make a system tray.
>
> With that last thing, you will be able to make a full desktop environment
> entirely in Gambas, except the window manager. Such a beast is something
> complex, so at the moment using an already existing and reliable one is a
> better solution.
>
> Enjoy it!
>
> --
> Benoit Minisini
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