[Gambas-user] Test Screen.Available values

[Bruce Steers]

On Wed, 17 May 2023, 09:35 Mayost Sharon, <sharon at 455.co.il> wrote:

> Hello
>
> For me it's the pig
> so:
> _NET_WORKAREA(CARDINAL) = 0, 32, 1920, 1048, 0, 32, 1920, 1048, 0, 32,
> 1920, 1048, 0, 32, 1920, 1048
>
> Is it because I have 3 desktops?
>

Yes.
I use compiz and it only defines one desktop.
Gambas does not support this method at all Desktop.Count only ever shows 1
even though I have 6. I submitted a merge request to add virtual desktop
method too many moons ago but got no interest.

It's because compiz workspaces method  uses one large desktop screen and
splits it into segments
Other wms use multiple desktops and so you get multiple results from the
workarea property and also gambas Desktop.Count and other functions work as
expected.
My workarea only shows for the one single view screen because of compiz.

BruceS


> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com>
> To: Gambas Mailing List <user at lists.gambas-basic.org>
> Sent: Wed, 17 May 2023 08:24:31 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] Test Screen.Available values
>
> > On Tue, 16 May 2023 at 19:16, Benoit Minisini <
> > benoit.minisini at gambas-basic.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Le 16/05/2023 à 19:57, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank you Bruce, Benoit, Mayost
> > > > So i guess with all that the best way to add / use a feature like
> this
> > > > would be to just add a disclaimer that it may or may not work
> depending
> > > > on the system.
> > > >
> > > > Respects
> > > > BruceS
> > > >
> > >
> > > As explained in the Qt comment, you can use the 'xprop' command-line
> > > tool to read the X11 properties of the root window and look if there is
> > > a '_NET_WORKAREA' property and show us what it contains.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Benoît Minisini.
> > >
> > mine is this...
> >
> > $ xprop -root _NET_WORKAREA
> > _NET_WORKAREA(CARDINAL) = 0, 25, 2646, 999
> >
> > And that's annoying as that is the entire screen (both monitors) but
> > there's only panels on one :-\
> >
> > Respects
> > BruceS
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