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

[gouessej at orange.fr]

Hi

Thanks Anthony. Is the email address still valid? sun_ca(at)sun.com ?


> Message du 28/06/11 14:03
> De : "Anthony Petrov" 
> A : gouessej at orange.fr
> Copie à : awt-dev at openjdk.java.net, 2d-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Objet : Re:  KDE Task bar is always on top of fullscreen Java applications
> 
> Hi Julien,
> 
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> --
> 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
> >>>>
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