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vaddimka, Saturday 28 January 2012 à 23:50
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Subscription date : 28 January 2012
Messages : 2
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Hi there!
I'm using Cairo Dock with IR remote and the new Control from keyboard feature is extremely helpful.
I have desktop composition disabled (enabling it causes tearing in XBMC) so I cannot use any Visibility setting except "pop-up on shortcut" (otherwise Cairo makes black rectangle on the screen even when it's hidden).
That's why my 'usage pattern' is like:
-- raise Cairo with 'shortcut key to trigger the applet'
-- select an application
-- use it (Cairo dock hides)
But sometimes I want just hide Cairo after raising it and I can do it only by using another shortcut key from 'Visibility' section (which is not a very convenient from the remote).
Thought it could be better to set selection to the active window/application after raising Cairo by the shortcut key (from the usability point of view) -- in this case user could hide Cairo by pressing Enter (or OK on the remote) without launching anything, I made a patch to hide the dock using the same keyboard shortcut used to rise it (the same key on the remote). Maybe it will be useful to someone else 
--- cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0alpha2~20120113~bzr2263.orig/Remote-Control/src/applet-session.c
+++ cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.0.0.0alpha2~20120113~bzr2263/Remote-Control/src/applet-session.c
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@
cairo_dock_freeze_docks (FALSE);
myData.iSessionState = CD_SESSION_CLOSING;
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+ CairoDock *pDock = cairo_dock_search_dock_from_name (myConfig.cDockName);
+ if (pDock == NULL)
+ pDock = g_pMainDock;
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+ gtk_widget_hide( pDock->container.pWidget );
} |
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fabounet, Tuesday 31 January 2012 à 13:47
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Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
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IIRC, when pressing "Escape" should cancel the remote control, and the dock should return to its previous state
same when pressing the shortkey again.
but since I've made some rework on this applet in the 3.0, maybe it's only with the latest version (you can try it with our weekly PPA if you use a .deb based system).
That would be nice if you could test it |
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vaddimka, Tuesday 31 January 2012 à 14:19
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Subscription date : 28 January 2012
Messages : 2
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The problem is, when i'm pressing Escape it indeed returns to the previous state. But this state happens to be "popped up by shortcut key" state. And the shortcut key to pop up the dock is different from the one used to "summon" keyboard-control So I kinda cannot close the dock using the same key. I'll check the newest release (thought I compiled my from the source code).
Anyway I found a way to keep composition on and have no tearing issues in XBMC. Just wrote a script to turn composition off (in metacity) start XBMC in fullscreen and then turn composition back on after XBMC exits In this case every standard Visibility option works as intended and the dock hides automatically after some timeout (without any remaining black rectangles). |
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fabounet, Wednesday 01 February 2012 à 12:46
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Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
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ok I see the problem
I'll handle this case too.
what about using the visibility mode "hide behind windows" (not sure the exact name) ? it's very similar to the auto-hide, but the dock is physically behind the other windows, rather than just invisible. |
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