#
# set dont_map to a true value to avoid mapping
#
+# if you want to change aspects of your window before it would be mapped,
+# set before_map to a coderef. $window gets passed as $_ and as first argument.
+#
+# if you set both dont_map and before_map, the coderef will be called nevertheless
+#
+#
# default values:
# class => WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT
# rect => [ 0, 0, 30, 30 ]
my %args = @_ == 1 ? %{$_[0]} : @_;
my $dont_map = delete $args{dont_map};
+ my $before_map = delete $args{before_map};
$args{class} //= WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT;
$args{rect} //= [ 0, 0, 30, 30 ];
my $window = $x->root->create_child(%args);
+ if ($before_map) {
+ # TODO: investigate why _create is not needed
+ $window->_create;
+ $before_map->($window) for $window;
+ }
+
return $window if $dont_map;
$window->map;
# one on the first call of sync_with_i3. It will be re-used in all
# subsequent calls.
if (!defined($_sync_window)) {
- $_sync_window = $x->root->create_child(
- class => WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT,
- rect => X11::XCB::Rect->new(x => -15, y => -15, width => 10, height => 10 ),
+ $_sync_window = open_window(
+ rect => [ -15, -15, 10, 10 ],
override_redirect => 1,
- background_color => '#ff0000',
- event_mask => [ 'structure_notify' ],
);
-
- $_sync_window->map;
-
- wait_for_event 2, sub { $_[0]->{response_type} == MAP_NOTIFY };
}
my $root = $x->get_root_window();