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baskerville / bspwm

A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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Skip scratchpad in task switcher #1256

Closed sagb closed 3 years ago

sagb commented 3 years ago

My alttab window switcher has an issue about scratchpad in bspwm: https://github.com/sagb/alttab/issues/111

I could be wrong, but seems like bspwm scratchpad isn't a distinct feature (like EWMH desktop number -1) but a set of instructions for user to "emulate" it using sticky/floating/hidden EWMH hints?

If so, could I kindly ask you to also include setting for _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR atom in _NET_WM_STATE property, so that task switchers would ignore that improvised scratchpad windows, for more consistent user experience?

ortango commented 3 years ago

it doesn't seem to me that desktop "-1" is described by ewmh - i don't think that the idea of a scratchpad is either.

should bspwm be the one to handle this attribute? _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR should be set by the program. and unlike other state properties that bspwm does handle already (sticky, layer), this property wouldn't actually have internal bspwm usage.

for a workaround you could use wmctrl (xprop can't set that property correctly).

sagb commented 3 years ago

Does bspwm have such a feature - "scratchpad"? For example, i3 has a scratchpad, it has a specific meaning and documented interface/api: https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_scratchpad

sagb commented 3 years ago

Ratpoison, on the contrary, has no scratchpad. Of course, user can "arrange" some setup that may be called "scratchpad" in ratpoisoin, but ratpoison itself has no such a feature. What about bspwm?

I believe the answer should show who the author of scratchpad, i.e. who has to bother about windows' properties.

ortango commented 3 years ago

Does bspwm have such a feature - "scratchpad"?

no, not specifically.

user can "arrange" some setup that may be called "scratchpad"

yes, same with bspwm.