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Bug 693567 - Windows with WM_STATE = Iconic shouldn't be visible in the overview
Windows with WM_STATE = Iconic shouldn't be visible in the overview
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-02-11 06:14 UTC by Michael Moravec
Modified: 2021-07-05 14:07 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.5/3.6


Description Michael Moravec 2013-02-11 06:14:15 UTC 
This is currently an issue with native Steam client for Linux which is using iconic state for new, unread chat windows. These windows aren't expected be shown by window manager.

An output from xprop looks as follows:
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
        window state: Iconic
        icon window: 0x0
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 0

There's an issue on GitHub in Steam's issue tracker for this: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1511
Comment 1 Giovanni Campagna 2013-02-11 20:39:43 UTC 
Essentially all window managers show iconic (minimized) windows, sometimes.
For example KDE shows them if you hover the window list, and Unity shows them in alt-tab.

Would it be a big problem to have the window at the right size from the start?
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 14:07:15 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of  gitlab.gnome.org.
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