proposal: add a way to get application or window handle

[Vexcited]

Hi!

I'm trying to see if I can use this with https://github.com/tauri-apps/window-vibrancy using their winit example.

To use apply_mica, I need the window handle from https://github.com/lapce/floem/blob/88d6b600f3ef58713682464b95e2c6300821c55f/src/app_handle.rs#L293 to pass it in the function.

See, from example, https://github.com/tauri-apps/window-vibrancy/blob/fd1586562868a4b53816a77a25c17c0e3fa354a0/examples/winit.rs#L29

Is there any way to make it possible somehow ? Or is there already any API in the library that allows me to get the raw window ?

Thanks you!

[lewis-carson]

Hi,

Do you need to use this with window vibrancy or would implementing apply_vibrancy and apply_blur work as well?

[Vexcited]

Hi, so to use apply_vibrancy and apply_blur I need to pass the window to the function.

Even if we want to implement those functions ourselves, we would still need to have access to the window ?

Except if those functions are implemented directly in the library... but not sure if that will be done because it's not something everyone needs I guess (?)

[lewis-carson]

Looking into this, it looks like window handles are handled by a fork of winit, meaning Tauri's window vibrancy would probably need to be re-implemented within Floem's codebase to use Lapce's fork. It doesn't look like a massive amount of effort, could probably be done within a few hours.

I think it's the sort of thing which has enough appetite to justify adding it to Floem. I'll have a look and see if it's something I can do this weekend.

[lewis-carson]

I've started the basis for what will turn into window vibrancy. I've forked the original window vibrancy and changed it to work with Floem's version of winit. I've added this as a dependency to Floem and started creating a method to set vibrancy within a view.

I'll open a pull request to track my progress.

[lewis-carson]

@Vexcited I have a fork which delivers this functionality but I'm waiting on a pull to be reviewed.