xfdesktop is only on a single tag + tag indicates there are a window

[Kukunin]

Hello. I use xfce DE with just awesome, so I need the only cool WM management from awesome, no its notifications or desktop management. I continue using xfdesktop for my desktop (wallpapers, icons etc)

Output of awesome --version:

awesome v4.3 (Too long)
• Compiled against Lua 5.3.5 (running with Lua 5.3)
• D-Bus support: ✔
• execinfo support: ✔
• xcb-randr version: 1.6
• LGI version: 0.9.2

How to reproduce the issue:

Run xfdesktop, take a look how it renders

Actual result:

It is rendered only on a single tag + tag indicates (with a little square) that there is a window

Expected result:

It should be rendered on background despite the current tag + tag indicator should be empty in wibox.

xprop for the xfdesktop is:

_NET_WM_OPAQUE_REGION(CARDINAL) = 2, 0, 1362, 2, 0, 2, 1366, 766
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 1
_NET_FRAME_EXTENTS(CARDINAL) = 1, 1, 1, 1
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
		window state: Normal
		icon window: 0x0
awful.client.property.single_instance_id(UTF8_STRING) = 
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
		Client accepts input or input focus: True
		Initial state is Normal State.
		window id # of group leader: 0x1c00001
_GTK_THEME_VARIANT(UTF8_STRING) = 
_NET_WM_USER_TIME(CARDINAL) = 0
XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP
_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 29360430, 29360431
_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x1c0012d
WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x1c00001
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 2387
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "uk_UA.utf8"
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "thinkpad"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
		program specified location: 0, 0
		program specified minimum size: 1366 by 768
		program specified maximum size: 1366 by 768
		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) = "xfdesktop", "Xfdesktop"
WM_ICON_NAME(COMPOUND_TEXT) = "Робочий стіл"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "Робочий стіл"
WM_NAME(COMPOUND_TEXT) = "Робочий стіл"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "Робочий стіл"

I know that I can create a rule in config, but I don't know what properties I should assign to it.
Thanks

[psychon]

but I don't know what properties I should assign to it.

Can you try sticky = true and check if it does what you want?

[Kukunin]

    { rule = { class = "Xfdesktop" },
      properties = { sticky = true } },

works great. thanks! Is there plan to add sticky = true for every _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP?

I can try to prepare a PR

[Kukunin]

also, is there a way to remove an indicator from tags list?

there is no windows on tag 9 but xfdesktop, it still shows it's non-empty

[Elv13]

works great. thanks! Is there plan to add sticky = true for every _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP?

Awesome avoids doing dark magic under the user feets. However, this would be a candidate for an `awful.rules` present in the default `rc.lua` file. If you think this is a good idea, please fill another issue since this isn't "fully" related to this.

also, is there a way to remove an indicator from tags list?

Use a rule to prevent the client from being tagged. This will have to be done in a callback. Using `function() return nil end` may have side effects. You could report another issue to allow `sticky` clients to be in zero tags.

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[actionless]

there is also skip_taskbar client property which you can use in rules:

https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/core%20components/client.html#skip_taskbar