status invalid done The hidden option asks the window manager to toggle the _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN attribute of a window, however the Extended Window Manager Hints specification from freedesktop.org states:
_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN should be set by the Window Manager to indicate that a window would not be visible on the screen if its desktop/viewport were active and its coordinates were within the screen bounds. The canonical example is that minimized windows should be in the _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN state. Pagers and similar applications should use _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN instead of WM_STATE to decide whether to display a window in miniature representations of the windows on a desktop. Implementation note: if an Application asks to toggle _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN the Window Manager should probably just ignore the request, since _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN is a function of some other aspect of the window such as minimization, rather than an independent state. Keep in mind that the property that you submit with -r / -b sends a request to the window manager to change the _NET_WM_STATE_<property> property of the window. This is an arbitrary property, presumably so that it continues to work when the specifications change or are extended. There is no option in the specification to request minimization of the window, which means that it is outside of wmctrl's ability to control it; for additional information, refer to the Extended Window Manager Hints specification, Applicatoin Windows Properties, _NET_WM_STATE: http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.html#id2507241 The mention of minimization on the -h states that it is an example of an action that a window manager may permit. Should the EWMH standard be extended to include a _NET_WM_STATE_MINIMIZED or something similar, it will be controllable from wmctrl; until then, a lower-level, possibly WM-specific API will need to be used, though that would require further study by the person who wants to do such a thing. -- My sigfile ran away and is on hiatus. ** Changed in: wmctrl (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Minimize option is broken or non-existant https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
