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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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How to prevent an X Window from receiving user input?

I would like to create some windows on a linux desktop for simple layout purposes. I need to avoid user input going to these windows (and I suppose avoiding the windows from gaining focus should suffice for that to happen). I think that I can do…
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Coding a GTK+ application without window manager?

I want to code sth. that basically works like TiVo. Switch it on, you only see the menu or an output, so no underlying OS or anything else is directly visible to the user. So I want to use Linux as base. Can you suggest a good base…
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What is the order and meaning of WindowManager.LayoutParams constructor parameters?

I cannot find a description of the order and meaning of LayoutParams' constructor parameters. This is all I can find on developer.android.com: WindowManager.LayoutParams() WindowManager.LayoutParams(int _type) WindowManager.LayoutParams(int…
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XCB - How to set WM_SIZE_HINTS?

I'm writing a minimalistic library for window creation in xcb. I want to be able to create a non-resizeable window. I found out, that it is possible to give hints to the window manager with: xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_change_property (xcb_connection_t…
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Xmonad, how to bind a key to running a shell script?

I'm new to xmonad. Is it possible to run a shell script (say ~/x.sh) every time you click, for example, f1? How does that look in a config file? I have googled quite a bit now without finding anything that looks like what I want.
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Dynimically load ListView. Refresh ListView after every n sec

Below is my code that show an overlay with a list view that shows some information. I am updating the data after every 7 sec. I want to remove first list before displaying other. In may case the ListViews are overlapping. public class…
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Adding a colorbutton in tinymce dialog with api 4.x doesn't work

I'm trying to add a colorbutton in a TinyMCE dialog box to replace my old color selector which was initially created with a select input. See : ColorButton : API 4.X This class creates a color button control. This is a split button in which the…
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Window handling manager

I have a Windows box that is running three applications. When the applications are started each application creates a borderless window which is positioned such that they overlap in a particular way. At the moment, when I click on a control on the…
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Does _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN imply _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR

After switching from KDE to XFCE, I notice that the boinc manager window will remain visible in the task bar as a minimized window when I close the window. On KDE (as far as I remember), closing the window had the effect of completely hiding it,…
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Android WindowManager Window does not reposition after keyboard is visible

A window that is shows on screen public class FlatingViewService extends Service{ public static WindowManager windowManager; ... windowManager = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE); ... //Floating View…
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Change colour of individual window in Ubuntu

Is there a way to change the colour of an individual pre-existing window (border and/or title-bar) in Ubuntu 12.04 using the Unity desktop? For example, switching a specific gedit instance to have a green border. A quick Google didn't give me much,…
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How is the "window compositor" (WindowServer Process) implemented in Mac OS X (and iOS)?

Please correct me if I am wrong. My understanding is that Mac OS X has a WindowServer process that composites windows from all applications and draw the final composite image on screen. The question is then where WindowServer process obtains the…
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Setting the suspend timeout cross-window manager

For a project I'm currently working on, I would like to be able to set the interval after which the operating system (not just the display) goes into standby mode (ACPI s3 or s4). One of the options is to set this in the window manager, but for our…
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How to position a Cocoa window to minimize overlap with other windows?

I'm working on a Cocoa app that has a main window and a preview window. I'd like the preview window to automatically position itself to minimize overlap with other windows — it definitely shouldn't overlap my app's main window, and it should try…
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Window short cuts for XFCE4

This is not a programming question per se, but this is certainly about something which would help increasing my programming productivity. In KDE, one can assign short-cuts to particular windows. This eliminates alt-tabbing completely and, is very…
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