Re: [Gtk2hs-users] How to set _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL?

[Wolfgang J. <g9k...@ac...>]

Am Freitag, 17. Juli 2009 15:56 schrieb Jan Vornberger:
> Hello!
>
> I'm working on a dock application for XMonad and would like to have the
> property '_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL' be set on the window. So far I haven't
> had any luck.
>
> Things I have tried so far:
>
> 1) Setting the window type to Gdk::Window::TYPE_HINT_DOCK. This sets
> _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE correctly, but doesn't create any STRUT-properties.
> So unfortunately that is not enough for me.
>
> 2) The next plan was to set the property manually using
> gdk_property_change() (documented at
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/stable/gdk-Properties-and-Atoms.html).
> But as far as I can tell, this function is not (yet) exposed through
> gtk2hs. Is this correct?
>
> 3) Then I was thinking of using low-level xlib calls to set the
> property. For this I would need to get the XID of the GdkWindow (I'm on
> Linux, the code doesn't have to be portable). This should be possible
> using GDK_WINDOW_XID (documented at
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/stable/gdk-X-Window-System-Interaction.h
>tml). But this function is also not (yet) exposed, right?
>
> So I am out of ideas right now. Anyone has any suggestions for me? Is
> there some other way to get the XID of a gtk2hs window? Or to set
> properties on windows?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan

If some GTK+ functions are not exposed, you should be able to expose them 
yourself by writing an appropriate foreign declaration.

Best wishes,
Wolfgang