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minus-squaretreesoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoIs it bottom layer in wayland terminology (the one for bars and stuff)? In that case I think gtk4-layer-shell is the answer.
minus-squareheartbreaker@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoI meant as in keep the always on the bottom/background (or at least move it to the back on launch). I tried gtk4-layer-shell, but unfortunately, it doesn’t support some desktop environments (like GNOME).
minus-squarekewjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agokwin supports this, gnome from my perspective is more about a cohesive experience you either love or don’t
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoIsn’t this what conky does? Puts it on the root layer?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agowhy do you want to hide the window from the user in such a bizarre way? what’s the purpose?
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHaving a program that draws pretty things as a wallpaper.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoaren’t there better ways for that in most window managers?
minus-squaremeekah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI guess stuff like desktop widgets might be a candidate. Not sure if there’s a specific framework for those, though
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agobut that’s already a thing! ok, on kde, no idea about others
Is it bottom layer in wayland terminology (the one for bars and stuff)? In that case I think gtk4-layer-shell is the answer.
I meant as in keep the always on the bottom/background (or at least move it to the back on launch). I tried gtk4-layer-shell, but unfortunately, it doesn’t support some desktop environments (like GNOME).
kwin supports this, gnome from my perspective is more about a cohesive experience you either love or don’t
Isn’t this what conky does? Puts it on the root layer?
why do you want to hide the window from the user in such a bizarre way? what’s the purpose?
Having a program that draws pretty things as a wallpaper.
aren’t there better ways for that in most window managers?
I guess stuff like desktop widgets might be a candidate. Not sure if there’s a specific framework for those, though
but that’s already a thing!
ok, on kde, no idea about others