! Please note that this is a snapshot of our old Bugzilla server, which is read only since May 29, 2020. Please go to gitlab.xfce.org for our new server !
[PATCH] New smartPlacement algorithm
Status:
RESOLVED: MOVED

Comments

Description Olivier Brunel 2013-04-04 17:57:28 CEST
Created attachment 4991 
Rewrote smartPlacement()

Instead of trying to find the position with the least overlaps, including all stacked windows with the same weight, we now try to determine the place where the lowest window on stack is visible, to put the new window there.
Comment 1 Edoardo Maria Elidoro 2013-04-08 20:13:47 CEST
(In reply to comment #0)
> Created attachment 4991 
> Rewrote smartPlacement()
> 
> Instead of trying to find the position with the least overlaps, including
> all stacked windows with the same weight, we now try to determine the place
> where the lowest window on stack is visible, to put the new window there.

Nice work, I use this on Archlinux and it works amazingly.
Comment 2 Git Bot editbugs 2020-05-29 11:55:21 CEST
-- GitLab Migration Automatic Message --

This bug has been migrated to xfce.org's GitLab instance and has been closed from further activity.

You can subscribe and participate further through the new bug through this link to our GitLab instance: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/-/issues/116.

Please create an account or use an existing account on one of our supported OAuth providers. 

If you want to fork to submit patches and merge requests please continue reading here: https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/dev/git/start#gitlab_forks_and_merge_requests

Also feel free to reach out to us on the mailing list https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev

Bug #9976

Reported by:
Olivier Brunel
Reported on: 2013-04-04
Last modified on: 2020-05-29

People

Assignee:
Olivier Fourdan
CC List:
1 user

Version

Version:
4.10.0

Attachments

Rewrote smartPlacement() (13.92 KB, patch)
2013-04-04 17:57 CEST , Olivier Brunel
no flags

Additional information