Re: Remove Minimize Button from GTK Window?

[Mitchell Verter <mitchell verter gmail com>]

Thanks for the feedback.  The production code has been pushed out
already and the production machine is no longer available, but I will
see if I can reconstruct the problem on a new machine.   Thanks again,
Mitchell

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre mecheye net>
> Looking through the Compiz code, Compiz *should* be respecting the hints. Itt
> which the decorator (which I believe is unity-window-decorator in the
> version of Ubuntu you have) then picks up (through libwnck) and paints the
> minimize button on the frame.
>
> Can you check with xprop what the value of _NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS is on the
> window?
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:56 PM, richard boaz <ivor boaz gmail com> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i'm afraid that instructions to the WM are regarded as "advice" and that
> > the WM has no responsibility in actually honoring the request.
> >
> > it can work one place, and not the other, sorry.
> >
> > richard
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Mitchell Verter
> > <mitchell verter gmail com> wrote:
> > > Thanks so much for the advice, but it wound up not working.
> > >
> > > In gtkwindow.c::gtk_window_realize, I inserterted the following line:
> > > ========
> > >   gdk_window_set_functions (widget->window, GDK_FUNC_ALL |
> > > GDK_FUNC_MINIMIZE);
> > > --------------
> > >
> > > This effectively removed the minimize button from window on my
> > > DEVELOPMENT machine, which was running Ubuntu 11.04, Metacity Window
> > > Manager.
> > >
> > > I didn't realize, though, that the PRODUCTION machine was running
> > > Ubuntu 11.04 with a Compiz Window Manager.  The Minimize Button was
> > > still there!!!  Luckily, I was able to use ccsm (Compiz Settings
> > > Manager) to disappear the button.
> > >
> > > But why didn't it work in the first place?  Why didn't the fix
> > > transfer to a new Window Manager?  Would there have been a better way
> > > to hack the code to make the Minimize Button dissappear on all
> > > platforms and window managers?
> > >
> > > THanks
> > > Mitchell
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Jasper St. Pierre
> > > <jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:
> > > > If you have a GdkWindow, you can tell the window manager to disable the
> > > > minimize button with MWM hints using gdk_window_set_functions along
> > > > with
> > > > GDK_FUNC_MINIMIZE.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Mitchell Verter
> > > > <mitchell verter gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Is there any way to remove the "Minimize" button by hacking the
> > > > > gtk+-2.24.18 code, or at least to prevent it from minimizing?
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been fiddling around with gtkwindow.c and gtkwindow-decorate.c,
> > > > > playing with gtk_window_iconify() and   GtkWindow:decorated (Whether
> > > > > the
> > > > > window should be decorated by the window manager) but nothing seems to
> > > > > be
> > > > > working.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've read online that it's not, in fact, possible , and that this is
> > > > > controlled by  the window manager.  But I wanted to ask here before I
> > > > > gave
> > > > > up.
> > > > >
> > > > > The system we are working on is Ubuntu 11.04.  I believe the window
> > > > > manager is Metacity.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Mitchell
> > > > >
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