Special use cases

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trigg edited this page May 9, 2022 · 4 revisions

Wlroots

Compositors based on wlroots should have LayerShell functionality, allowing Discover to Just Work^TM

Wayland

Wayland without wlroots (Gnome,Weston) removes or underimplements several features that are used to create this overlay, notably:

Input shapes / click through. Some compositors fare better at this than others
Set above windows. This can't be enforced by the app itself
Borderless. Some compositors add a border despite requesting unbordered.
Custom position. This is not part of wayland spec.

Wayland via XWayland

GDK_BACKEND=x11 discover-overlay

Using the compatability layer fixes a few of the above issue.