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Document the interface used for panels to integrate with the applet
I see some documentation for how to write a libcosmic applet, but not how to talk to the panel directly. Since applets are just executable binaries I assume this is possible, but I’m not sure how yet.
Applets are wayland clients that create a regular window and popups. I'll document some of the environment variables set by the panel for applets though, and the variables applets can set in their desktop entry.
Does this mean that something that creates a layer shell window on other platforms (specifically KDE) should create a standard (toplevel) window under COSMIC?
Does this mean that something that creates a layer shell window on other platforms (specifically KDE) should create a standard (toplevel) window under COSMIC?
cosmic-comp also supports layer shell, but yes, applets should create a standard toplevel window to appear on the panel.
Does this mean that something that creates a layer shell window on other platforms (specifically KDE) should create a standard (toplevel) window under COSMIC?
cosmic-comp also supports layer shell, but yes, applets should create a standard toplevel window to appear on the panel.
Should the actual UI be in a popup?
The context is that I want to someday support COSMIC in Qubes OS, which has large user interface components written in Python (with GTK3 or Qt) and therefore cannot use libcosmic.
Does this mean that something that creates a layer shell window on other platforms (specifically KDE) should create a standard (toplevel) window under COSMIC?
cosmic-comp also supports layer shell, but yes, applets should create a standard toplevel window to appear on the panel.
Should the actual UI be in a popup?
The context is that I want to someday support COSMIC in Qubes OS, which has large user interface components written in Python (with GTK3 or Qt) and therefore cannot use libcosmic.
Yes, most applets create a popup that contains the majority of the UI. There are some like the workspaces list, or buttons that activate some application that don't need a popup, though.