Setting _NET_WM_STRUT and _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL doesn't reserve space

[RossComputerGuy]

I've been spending the last two weeks trying to get RDE Panel to reserve space on the screen, I've tried it in GTK using C and it worked but using Node.JS to do that doesn't work and I've checked my code over a lot.

Lines that set the properties:

• https://github.com/Ross-Technologies/RDE-Panel/blob/master/panel.js#L72
• https://github.com/Ross-Technologies/RDE-Panel/blob/master/panel.js#L85

[santigimeno]

What errors do you get?

To debug this, I would recommend using xtrace on the GTK C program and on the nodejs program and check the differences

[RossComputerGuy]

I'm getting no errors, I've been setting _NET_WM_STRUT and _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL but the window manager doesn't think of my node.js program as a panel.

[santigimeno]

Use xprop on the target window in both cases and look for differences.

[RossComputerGuy]

GTK:

_OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "dock"
_OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_OB_APP_GROUP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "Rde-panel"
_OB_APP_GROUP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "rde-panel"
_OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "rde-panel"
_OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_OB_APP_ROLE(UTF8_STRING) = 
_NET_WM_VISIBLE_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 4294967295
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR, _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
		Client accepts input or input focus: False
		Initial state is Normal State.
		window id # of group leader: 0x4000001
_GTK_THEME_VARIANT(UTF8_STRING) = 
XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
_NET_WM_OPAQUE_REGION(CARDINAL) = 7, 0, 186, 7, 0, 7, 200, 193
_MOTIF_WM_HINTS(_MOTIF_WM_HINTS) = 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 67108869, 67108870
_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x4000004
WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x4000001
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 3
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_US.utf8"
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "spaceboyross-Latitude-E6420"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
		program specified minimum size: 200 by 200
		program specified maximum size: 200 by 200
		program specified base size: 0 by 0
		window gravity: NorthWest
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "RDE Panel", "rde-panel"
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"

Node.JS:

_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 23, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1366
_WIN_STATE(CARDINAL) = 1
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 4294967295
_OB_APP_ROLE(UTF8_STRING) = "panel"
_OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "rde-panel"
_OB_APP_GROUP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "rde-panel"
_OB_APP_GROUP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE-Panel"
_OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "dock"
_OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "RDE Panel"
_NET_WM_STRUT(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 23
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 16256
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "spaceboyross-Latitude-E6420"
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "panel", "rde-panel"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "RDE Panel"

[santigimeno]

🤷‍♂️ you'll have to investigate which property/ies you have to set to make it work.

[RossComputerGuy]

It's setting _NET_WM_STRUT and _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL that must be set.

[ktiedt]

@RossComputerGuy I don't suppose you ever found a solution to this? This is literally the last feature for one of our apps to keep all the code in NodeJS vs NodeJS + Python to implement.