Bug 21927

Summary: _NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT should be set by the window manager
Product: Specifications Reporter: Charly Ghislain <charlyghislain>
Component: desktop-entryAssignee: Allison Lortie (desrt) <desrt>
Status: RESOLVED MOVED QA Contact:
Severity: minor    
Priority: medium CC: faure
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Charly Ghislain 2009-05-25 05:58:17 UTC 
Hello,

In the specs (http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/latest/ar01s03.html#id2568337), it is said that the desktop layout property should be set by the pager.

This can cause some problem when multiple pagers are used or when the window manager use the layout when no pager is present. See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105779 for an example.

IMHO, The window manager should provide the layout, the pager is just a tool to visualize it. Why should a pager set the layout and not the number of virtual desktops for instance?

Comments requested.

Thanks,

Charly
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2009-05-25 06:04:55 UTC 
It's probably worth sending your question to http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list -- this is how wm spec issues are handled.
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2015-09-18 09:41:39 UTC 
Sorry for the noise, reassigning to new (since 2 years) maintainers (Ryan & David).
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