mvourlakos added a comment.
In https://phabricator.kde.org/D3769#70551, @davidedmundson wrote: > > why? isnt kwayland independent of plasmashell? > > Sort of. > > Wayland core protocols (by design) do not allow a window to position itself, as a security measure, > Plasma needs to so, as you've pointed out KWayland contains a protocol to speak to kwin to move a window. > > However, if you let everyone do that, you defeat the entire security point. So the intention is to lock that protocol down to only being available to certain processes. > > However, your app could be one of those trusted processes. Thank u David, I will forward a request for information(policies, restrictions etc) to the kwin developers concerning that matter REPOSITORY R120 Plasma Workspace REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D3769 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.kde.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: mvourlakos, #plasma, davidedmundson Cc: mart, apol, plasma-devel, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, abetts, sebas
