[Gambas-user] x11.DesktopWindow.Desktop and MATE

[Benoit Minisini]

Le 23/10/2022 à 15:35, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> trying to help a user with workspace switching and i discovered something.
> https://forum.gambas.one/viewtopic.php?p=6182#p6182 
> <https://forum.gambas.one/viewtopic.php?p=6182#p6182>
> 
> i found setting X11.DesktopWindow.Desktop did not work to move to 
> another workspace but using DesktopWindow.Move() did on MATE desktop.
> 
> then i found using DesktopWindow.Move was not working on gnome or 
> cinnamon but using DesktopWindow.Desktop did !
> 
> so i've had to use this..
> 
> |||Dim| |xw ||As| |DesktopWindow = ||New| |DesktopWindow(||Me||.Handle)
> |
> |||Select| |Direction|
> |||Case| |Move_Right|
> |||If| |Desktop.Type = ||"MATE"| |Then| |xw.||Move||(Screen.Width + 
> ||Me||.X, ||Me||.Top) ||Else| |xw.Desktop += ||1|
> |||Case| |Move_Left|
> ||||If| |Desktop.Type = ||"MATE"| |Then| |xw.||Move||(||0| |- 
> Screen.Width + ||Me||.X, ||Me||.Top) ||Else| |xw.Desktop = 
> ||Max||(xw.Desktop - ||1||, ||0||)||||
> 
> End Select
> 
> Is it a bug to report or can it be expected to behave different on the 
> various desktops?
> 
> Respects
> BruceS
> 
> 
> 
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The X11 window manager does what it wants. It does not necessarily 
respect the protocols behind DesktopWindow.Move() and DesktopWindow.Window.

If you want a reliable X11 window manager, you can use the KDE window 
manager for example.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini.