[haiku-development] Re: User interface project
- From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:25:40 +0100 CET
Christof Lutteroth <lutteroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 1. Stacking:
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> 2. Snapping:
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Depending on exactly how polished you want things, you could come very
far without touching app_server code, using the regular BeOS API to
track applications, windows and their properties, by scripting, (BTW,
feature-request: BWindowRoster::StartWatching().. :-) using an
input_server add-on to track mouse interaction and to enforce border
gravity.
One might need to add a means to ask the app_server for window tab
sizes (but screenshots could hack it) and for setting tab location. But
even without such app_server support, one could create fake window tabs
and borders, implemented using borderless windows, and have these move
their contained window (which have had their tabs hidden by scripting).
That way you could implement stacking (dropping window tabs on each
other and have the tabs autoarrange) without support from the
app_server.
/Jonas.
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