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Hi everyone,
While investigating Debian bug #792214 [1], I noticed some peculiar
behavior.
Suppose icons are positioned (using "Icon Positioning" in the "Icon
Preferences" tab of WPrefs) on the same side of the screen as the dock.
Suppose no icons are currently on the screen (aside from the clip/dock).
Open an application or minimize an existing application. The icon
will appear on the edge of the screen.
However, move to a different workspace, or some other behavior that
causes Window Maker to rearrange the icons, and the icons will move over
to accommodate the dock, even if the dock is nowhere nearby. This is
due the following code in src/actions.c (in the wArrangeIcons function):
if (scr->dock) {
int offset = wPreferences.icon_size + DOCK_EXTRA_SPACE;
if (scr->dock->on_right_side)
area.x2 -= offset;
else
area.x1 += offset;
}
It would be preferable, I think, if the behavior was consistent. I see
several options:
* Always draw the icons on the edge of the screen (i.e., remove the
above code).
* Always leave room for the dock (i.e., put similar code in the other
places where icons are originally placed).
* Detect whether the icons would actually intersect with the dock and
choose one of the above options accordingly.
Any thoughts?
Doug
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=792214
