}
}
}
+ xcb_window_t old_frame = XCB_NONE;
if (nc->window != cwindow && nc->window != NULL) {
window_free(nc->window);
+ /* Match frame and window depth. This is needed because X will refuse to reparent a
+ * window whose background is ParentRelative under a window with a different depth. */
+ if (nc->depth != cwindow->depth) {
+ old_frame = nc->frame.id;
+ nc->depth = cwindow->depth;
+ x_con_reframe(nc);
+ }
}
nc->window = cwindow;
x_reinit(nc);
tree_render();
+ /* Destroy the old frame if we had to reframe the container. This needs to be done
+ * after rendering in order to prevent the background from flickering in its place. */
+ if (old_frame != XCB_NONE) {
+ xcb_destroy_window(conn, old_frame);
+ }
+
/* Windows might get managed with the urgency hint already set (Pidgin is
* known to do that), so check for that and handle the hint accordingly.
* This code needs to be in this part of manage_window() because the window