[openbox] OT: what's a strut?

[Andreas Fink]

2009/12/21 Neil Bird <neil at fnxweb.com>

>
>  Dana was talking about struts in another thread;  what are they?
> Obviously, I've heard of panels;  are struts just floating panels (that
> don't run edge-to-edge)?
>
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Read the section about _NET_WM_STRUT and _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL. I think it
is
well explained what is meant by a strut... Basically when a client sets a
strut, it tells the window manager that this area should not be covered by
maximized windows (so usually panels set a strut)
http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-latest.html#id2552069
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