<AWT Dev> KDE Task bar is always on top of fullscreen Java applications

[Phil Race]

Anthony,

That looks like a "small patch" so by the recent relaxation of the 
rules  an OCA isn't needed.

-phil.

On 6/28/2011 5:02 AM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
> Hi Julien,
>
> For your contribution to be acceptable, you have to sign an OCA. 
> Please refer to this page for details on how to become an OpenJDK 
> contributor:
>
> http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
>
> -- 
> best regards,
> Anthony
>
> On 6/27/2011 4:03 PM, gouessej at orange.fr wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I think I have found a fix for this bug. On GNOME and on KDE the 
>> atoms remain unchanged according to xprops but the X client message 
>> is sent, that is why I call XChangeProperty. On the other hand, only 
>> a window on top of the stack can become fullscreen, that is why I use 
>> _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE. I fear that building OpenJDK requires a lot of 
>> time. Could someone with a ready environment make a build for me with 
>> this fix? My "patch" is in the bug report here:
>> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7057287
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Julien Gouesse
>>
>>> Message du 23/06/11 14:50
>>> De : "Anthony Petrov" A : gouessej at orange.fr
>>> Copie à : Objet : Re:  KDE Task bar is always on top of fullscreen 
>>> Java applications
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 06/22/2011 02:28 PM, gouessej at orange.fr wrote:
>>>> Yes, that's it. I'm sad because I'm using JOGL AWT canvas called
>>>> GLCanvas and this bug impacts my first person shooter. If I knew
>>>> better the source code of AWT, I would try to write a patch. I assume
>>>> there is a way of detecting the window manager to apply this fix only
>>>> in this case, isn't it?
>>> This window state is a part of EWMH specification, so there's no 
>>> need to set it for specific WMs only.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does AWT currently rely on xrandr or VidMode on Linux? Best regards.
>>> I think this question belongs to the 2d-dev at openjdk mailing list. 
>>> I'm not a Java2D expert. Please ask 2D folks about that.
>>>
>>> PS. Please remember to use Reply All rather than just Reply so that 
>>> your message hits the mailing list.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> best regards,
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Message du 22/06/11 12:11
>>>>> De : "Anthony Petrov" A : gouessej at orange.fr
>>>>> Copie à : awt-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>>> Objet : Re: KDE Task bar is always on top of fullscreen Java 
>>>>> applications
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/22/2011 1:14 PM, gouessej at orange.fr wrote:
>>>>>> The exclusive fullscreen mode is broken in KDE for Java 
>>>>>> applications as I explained here:
>>>>>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276159
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7057287
>>>>>> (not yet visible)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After some investigations, the problem comes from Java which does 
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> tag the window as fullscreen. Do you know how to fix this bug?
>>>>> To tag full screen windows with the _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN 
>>>>> state? That's easy. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for filing the bug report. AWT team will take care of this 
>>>>> issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> best regards,
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>