In case someone is interested, I have updated Mike's python-based widget plugin to work with the latest version. It is not perfect yet, but at least it doesn't crash. To use it, you need to load the python-pluginloader-plugin first. Then you activate "pywidget2" like any other plugin. Now you can use the "widget=1" match-expression in all plugins that support window-matching (e.g. animation, fade, ...) and apply certain effects only to your widget-windows (currently only the screenlets support this ;)).
Another cool thing about scripted plugins is that you can simply post them like this: :)
pywidget2.py
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
import compiz
class pywidget2Plugin (compiz.CompPlugin):
# meta-/info
name = "pywidget2"
apiVersion = 5
# options
brightness = 0.75
# init function
def init (self):
self.displayOptions = [
compiz.CompMetadataOptionInfo (
name = 'widget_toggle',
type = 'action',
initiate = (self, "widgetToggle")),
compiz.CompMetadataOptionInfo (
name = 'brightness',
type = 'float'),
]
return True
# toggle show-widget state
def widgetToggle (self, d, action, state, options):
s = d.findScreen(options.dict['root'].value)
w = d.findWindow(options.dict['window'].value)
if s:
sPriv = s.getPrivateData(self)
sPriv['active'] = not sPriv['active']
for w in s:
if w.getXAttr("_COMPIZ_WIDGET"):
if sPriv['active']:
w.map()
if not win.isAbove():
win.raiseWindow()
else:
w.unmap()
s.damage()
return True
def widgetMatchHandler (self, d, w, data):
wPriv = w.getPrivateData(self)
isWidget = w.getXAttr("_COMPIZ_WIDGET")
if isWidget and int(data):
return True
return False
def setDisplayOption (self, d, name, value):
if name == 'brightness':
print "Setting brightness in pywidget2-plugin to %f." % value
self.brightness = value
return True
def initDisplay (self, d):
d.registerMatchHandler("widget=", self.widgetMatchHandler)
return True
def finiDisplay (self, d):
return
def initWindow (self, w):
wPriv = w.getPrivateData(self)
wPriv['is_widget'] = False
return True
def finiWindow (self, w):
return
def widgetPaintWindow (self, w, attrib, transform, region, mask):
sPriv = w.screen.getPrivateData(self)
if sPriv['active']:
if not w.getXAttr("_COMPIZ_WIDGET"):
attrib.brightness = int(self.brightness * float(compiz.BRIGHT))
w.screen.unwrap(compiz.PaintWindow)
ret = w.screen.paintWindow(w, attrib, transform, region, mask)
w.screen.wrap(compiz.PaintWindow, self, "widgetPaintWindow")
return ret
def initScreen (self, s):
sPriv = s.getPrivateData(self)
sPriv['active'] = False
s.wrap(compiz.PaintWindow, self, "widgetPaintWindow")
return True
def finiScreen (self, s):
s.unwrap(compiz.PaintWindow)
pywidget2.xml<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<compiz>
<plugin name="pywidget2">
<short>Widget2 (python)</short>
<long>Widget2 (python)</long>
<deps>
<relation type="after">
<plugin>python</plugin>
</relation>
</deps>
<display>
<option type="action" name="widget_toggle">
<short>Hide/Show widgets</short>
<long>Move one viewport to the right</long>
<allowed key="true" button="true" />
<default>
<key>F9</key>
</default>
</option>
<option type="float" name="brightness">
<default>0.3</default>
<min>0.0</min>
<max>1.0</max>
<precision>0.01</precision>
</option>
</display>
</plugin>
</compiz>
:)