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A Window Manager is a service on most modern OSes which provides the UI for manipulating the location and sizes of windows.

A Window Manager is a service on most modern operating systems which provides the UI for manipulating the location and sizes of windows. Some go further, and provide the ability to open or close applications, and display applets.

For example, since Vista, Microsoft Windows has used Desktop Window Manager to handle the display and composition of windows.

The many desktop environments available for Unix/Linux, such as GNOME (Mutter) and KDE (KWin), all provide window managers, among other software.

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Android Studio IDE does not show dialogs' content on Ubuntu 15.04

Does anyone experienced and know how to fix this issue: Android Studio sometimes (randomly) does not show any content in dialogs (find, commit, compare dialogs). It takes a part of screen which was visible in that area where dialogs appears. And…
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Ugly swing fonts under ratpoison

I am writing a small application in swing. I am using Ratpoison as my window manager (with wmname LG3D) and Netbeans as IDE. My application fonts when started from KDE or directly from Netbeans look ok. Started from ratpoison they looks like…
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QTimer using up all handles for Window Manager Objects

I am using a QTimer to trigger a recurring call to a function, however it eventually crashed with the following errors QEventDispatcherWin32::registerTimer: Failed to create a timer (The current process has used all of its system allowance of…
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xprop: error: No window with name exists

I have a window that I know has this: WM_NAME property: "user : top – Konsole" If I run xprop and select the window with the cursor, the output from xprop itself tells me: WM_NAME(COMPOUND_TEXT) = "user : top – Konsole" However, when I try to run…
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How do I find a window at a certain point on the screen for screenshot/screen-recording purposes?

I'm looking for a way to do what the equivalent of WindowFromPoint and GetWindowRect do, in Carbon/Cocoa and X11. WindowFromPoint - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633558%28VS.85%29.aspx GetWindowRect -…
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How to get focusable in a windowmanager view

I use the WindowManager to create a view and add the view to the screen,but I cannot get the view focusable.I think I set the WindowManager.LayoutParams correct. @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { …
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Create window manager pop only on call answer screen (not always on i.e when back to call answer screen it must be hide)

Hi i am create a window manager pop as. package com.appkart.callrecorder.receiver; import java.util.List; import android.app.ActivityManager; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import…
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How to hide home, back, appswitcher buttons and notification bar?

Few words for background: Application will be used in exhibition. It should hide home, back, appswitcher buttons and notification bar to prevent user to go settings etc. Device: Samsung GT-N8000 Android 4.1.2 I have tried to hide them by…
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Cannot Remove View From WindowManager - Multiple Threads

I am having an issue with removing a view from a WindowManager. Here is the method I am calling to do it: public void updateDockNow (String jsonData) { getWM().removeView(getView()); setView(new Stuff(jsonData)); …
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How to drag a Window?

I can grab a window and move it by keeping Alt pressed. I'd like this same kind of movement in my application, but when the user hovers over a given area of the window, it should not need to press Alt to drag it, it just need to click on this area…
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Layout position change with animation in android

In my application I have made chathead I can change position of this chathead using windowManager.updateViewLayout(chatHead, params); But it does not change position with animation. How can I get animation on move I have tried following but it…
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WindowManager updating content causes view stacking

EDIT: Even stranger. Setting the pixel format to translucent rather than opaque seems to have fixed it, i at least am unable to see the "stacked" numbers. Very strange behavior. I am using a service to draw a system_overlay view. The view adds and…
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Moving a window between workspaces/virtual desktops

I have a Linux-only wxPython application with a wxFrame that acts as a menu/toolbar, it can open up new windows that are independent of the toolbar itself. Since the user can move any of these windows to any virtual workspace, I'm looking for a way…
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XLIB Decoration questions

I'm writing a small window manager, that add a basic decoration around a window, but actually i have several question about adding/remove decoration of a window. First Question Actually the decoration is added during MapNotify event, but it seems to…
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How to make a window manager?

I tried writing code several different times, but I came to an error with each one. Basically, I'm trying to make "windows" similar to say Explorer, Paint, MediaPlayer, where you could drag then around, interact with them, minimize and close. Of…
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