2 Oct 2010 14:38
GNOME clock window disappears off screen
I had been presuming this was a GNOME clock bug, but I now don't know whether it's a bug/presumption on the clock applet's part, or a bug in openbox. It's a relatively simple test case: I keep my GNOME clock (from the gnome-panel package) on my *bottom* panel. When I click it, the calendar window comes up seemingly attached to the panel, above the clock applet data. However, if it gets bigger while open (I open a previously closed 'Locations' section, or it adds appointments data having looked it up in the background), the window extends downwards (as it's grown), covering the applet and making it near impossible to close (by clicking on the applet). Under metacity, when this calendar window grows, it seems to reattach itself, so that it grows upwards. I wonder whether this is because it's "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK". So the question is, is gnome-panel's clock erroneously relying upon metacity-specific functionality, or is openbox supposed to watch out for resizing 'dock' windows and relocate them accordingly? -- -- [phoenix <at> fnx ~]# rm -f .signature [phoenix <at> fnx ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [phoenix <at> fnx ~]# exit _______________________________________________(Continue reading)
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