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Shape Extension Protocol\fP\s-2
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.EH ''X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension Protocol''
.OH ''X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension Protocol''
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.NH 1
Overview
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This extension provides arbitrary window and border shapes within the X11
protocol.
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The restriction of rectangular windows within the X protocol is a significant
limitation in the implementation of many styles of user interface. For
example, many transient windows would like to display a ``drop shadow'' to
give the illusion of 3 dimensions. As another example, some user interface
style guides call for buttons with rounded corners; the full simulation of a
nonrectangular shape, particularly with respect to event distribution and
cursor shape, is not possible within the core X protocol. As a final
example, round clocks and nonrectangular icons are desirable visual addition
to the desktop.
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This extension provides mechanisms for changing the visible shape of a
window to an arbitrary, possibly disjoint, nonrectangular form. The intent
of the extension is to supplement the existing semantics, not replace them.
In particular, it is desirable for clients that are unaware of the
extension to still be able to cope reasonably with shaped windows. For
example, window managers should still be able to negotiate screen
real estate in rectangular pieces. Toward this end, any shape specified for
a window is clipped by the bounding rectangle for the window as specified by
the window's geometry in the core protocol. An expected convention would be
that client programs expand their shape to fill the area offered by the
window manager.
.NH 1
Description
.LP
Each window (even with no shapes specified) is defined by two regions: the
\fIbounding region\fP and the \fIclip region\fP. The bounding region is the area of the
parent window that the window will occupy (including border). The clip region
is the subset of the bounding region that is available for subwindows and
graphics. The area between the bounding region and the clip region is defined
to be the border of the window.
.LP
A nonshaped window will have a bounding region that is a rectangle
spanning the window, including its border; the clip region will be a rectangle
filling the inside dimensions (not including the border). In this document,
these areas are referred to as the \fIdefault bounding region\fP and the
\fIdefault clip region\fP. For a window with inside size of \fIwidth\fP by
\fIheight\fP and border width \fIbwidth\fP, the default bounding and clip
regions are the rectangles (relative to the window origin):
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.sM
.Ds 0
bounding.x = -\fIbwidth\fP
bounding.y = -\fIbwidth\fP
bounding.width = \fIwidth\fP + 2 * \fIbwidth\fP
bounding.height = \fIheight\fP + 2 * \fIbwidth\fP
clip.x = 0
clip.y = 0
clip.width = \fIwidth\fP
clip.height = \fIheight\fP
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.LP
.eM
This extension allows a client to modify either or both of the bounding or
clip regions by specifying new regions that combine with the default
regions. These new regions are called the \fIclient bounding region\fP and
the \fIclient clip region\fP. They are specified relative to the origin of
the window and are always defined by offsets relative to the window origin
(that is, region adjustments are not required when the window is moved).
Three mechanisms for specifying regions are provided: a list of rectangles,
a bitmap, and an existing bounding or clip region from a window. This is
modeled on the specification of regions in graphics contexts in the core
protocol and allows a variety of different uses of the extension.
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When using an existing window shape as an operand in specifying a new shape,
the client region is used, unless none has been set, in which case the
default region is used instead.
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The \fIeffective bounding region\fP of a window is defined to be the intersection of
the client bounding region with the default bounding region. Any portion of
the client bounding region that is not included in the default bounding
region will not be included in the effective bounding region on the screen.
This means that window managers (or other geometry managers) used to dealing
with rectangular client windows will be able to constrain the client to a
rectangular area of the screen.
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Construction of the effective bounding region is dynamic; the client bounding
region is not mutated to obtain the effective bounding region. If a client
bounding region is specified that extends beyond the current default bounding
region, and the window is later enlarged, the effective bounding region will
be enlarged to include more of the client bounding region.
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The \fIeffective clip region\fP of a window is defined to be the intersection of the
client clip region with both the default clip region and the client bounding
region. Any portion of the client clip region that is not included in both
the default clip region and the client bounding region will not be included in
the effective clip region on the screen.
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Construction of the effective clip region is dynamic; the client clip region is
not mutated to obtain the effective clip region. If a client clip region is
specified that extends beyond the current default clip region and the
window or its bounding region is later enlarged, the effective clip region will
be enlarged to include more of the client clip region if it is included in
the effective bounding region.
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The border of a window is defined to be the difference between the effective
bounding region and the effective clip region. If this region is empty, no
border is displayed. If this region is nonempty, the border is filled
using the border-tile or border-pixel of the window as specified in the core
protocol. Note that a window with a nonzero border width will never be able
to draw beyond the default clip region of the window. Also note that a zero
border width does not prevent a window from having a border, since the clip
shape can still be made smaller than the bounding shape.
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All output to the window and visible regions of any subwindows will be
clipped to the effective clip region. The server must not retain window
contents beyond the effective bounding region with backing store. The window's
origin (for graphics operations, background tiling, and subwindow placement)
is not affected by the existence of a bounding region or clip region.
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Areas that are inside the default bounding region but outside the effective
bounding region are not part of the window; these areas of the screen will
be occupied by other windows. Input events that occur within the default
bounding region but outside the effective bounding region will be delivered as
if the window was not occluding the event position. Events that occur in
a nonrectangular border of a window will be delivered to that window, just
as for events that occur in a normal rectangular border.
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An
.PN InputOnly
window can have its bounding region set, but it is a
.PN Match
error to attempt to set a clip region on an
.PN InputOnly
window or to specify its clip region as a source to a request
in this extension.
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The server must accept changes to the clip region of a root window, but
the server is permitted to ignore requested changes to the bounding region
of a root window. If the server accepts bounding region changes, the contents
of the screen outside the bounding region are implementation dependent.
.NH 1
Types
.LP
The following types are used in the request and event definitions in
subsequent sections.
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SHAPE_KIND:
.Pn { Bounding ,
.PN Clip }
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SHAPE_OP:
.Pn { Set ,
.PN Union ,
.PN Intersect ,
.PN Subtract ,
.PN Invert }
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.PN Set
indicates that the region specified as an explicit source in the request is stored
unaltered as the new destination client region.
.PN Union
indicates that the source and destination regions are unioned together to produce
the new destination client region.
.PN Intersect
indicates that the source and destination regions are intersected together to
produce the new destination client region.
.PN Subtract
indicates that the source region is subtracted from the destination region to
produce the new destination region.
.PN Invert
indicates that the destination region is subtracted from the source region to
produce the new destination region.
.NH 1
Requests
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.sM
.PN "ShapeQueryVersion"
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=>
.IP
majorVersion: CARD16
.br
minorVersion: CARD16
.LP
.eM
This request can be used to ensure that the server version of the SHAPE
extension is usable by the client. This document defines major version one
(1), minor version zero (0).
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.sM
.PN "ShapeRectangles"
.IP
\fIdest\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIdestKind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.br
\fIop\fP\^: SHAPE_OP
.br
\fIxOff, yOff\fP\^: INT16
.br
\fIrectangles\fP\^: LISTofRECTANGLES
.br
\fIordering\fP\^:
.Pn { UnSorted ,
.PN YSorted ,
.PN YXSorted ,
.PN YXBanded }
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window ,
.PN Length ,
.PN Match ,
.PN Value
.LP
.eM
This request specifies an array of rectangles, relative to the origin of the
window plus the specified offset (xOff and yOff) that together
define a region. This region is combined (as specified by the operator
op) with the existing client region (specified by destKind) of the
destination window, and the result is stored as the specified client region of
the destination window. Note that the list of rectangles can be empty,
specifying an empty region; this is not the same as passing
.PN None
to
.PN ShapeMask .
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If known by the client,
ordering relations on the rectangles can be specified with the ordering
argument.
This may provide faster operation by the server.
The meanings of the ordering values are the same as in the core protocol
.PN SetClipRectangles
request.
If an incorrect ordering is specified,
the server may generate a
.PN Match
error, but it is not required to do so.
If no error is generated,
the graphics results are undefined.
Except for
.PN UnSorted ,
the rectangles should be nonintersecting, or the resulting region will
be undefined.
.PN UnSorted
means that the rectangles are in arbitrary order.
.PN YSorted
means that the rectangles are nondecreasing in their Y origin.
.PN YXSorted
additionally constrains
.PN YSorted
order in that all rectangles with an equal Y origin are
nondecreasing in their X origin.
.PN YXBanded
additionally constrains
.PN YXSorted
by requiring that, for every possible Y scanline,
all rectangles that include that scanline have identical Y origins and Y
extents.
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.sM
.PN "ShapeMask"
.IP
\fIdest\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIdestKind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.br
\fIop\fP\^: SHAPE_OP
.br
\fIxOff, yOff\fP\^: INT16
.br
\fIsource\fP\^: PIXMAP or
.PN None
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window ,
.PN Pixmap ,
.PN Match ,
.PN Value
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.eM
The source in this request is a 1-bit deep pixmap, or
.PN None .
If source is
.PN None ,
the specified client region is removed from the window, causing the effective
region to revert to the default region. The
.PN ShapeNotify
event generated by this request and subsequent
.PN ShapeQueryExtents
will report that a client shape has not been specified.
If a valid pixmap is specified, it is converted
to a region, with bits set to one included in the region and bits set to
zero excluded, and an offset from the window origin as specified by
xOff and yOff. The resulting region is then combined (as
specified by the operator op) with the existing client region
(indicated by destKind) of the destination window, and the result is
stored as the specified client region of the destination window. The source
pixmap and destination window must have been created on the same screen,
or else a
.PN Match
error results.
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.sM
.PN "ShapeCombine"
.IP
\fIdest\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIdestKind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.br
\fIop\fP\^: SHAPE_OP
.br
\fIxOff, yOff\fP\^: INT16
.br
\fIsource\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIsourceKind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window ,
.PN Match ,
.PN Value
.LP
.eM
The client region, indicated by sourceKind, of the source window is
offset from the window origin by xOff and yOff and combined with
the client region, indicated by destKind, of the destination window.
The result is stored as the specified client region of the destination
window.
The source and destination windows must be on the same screen, or else a
.PN Match
error results.
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.sM
.PN "ShapeOffset"
.IP
\fIdest\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIdestKind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.br
\fIxOff, yOff\fP\^: INT16
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window ,
.PN Match ,
.PN Value
.LP
.eM
The client region, indicated by destKind, is moved relative to its
current position by the amounts xOff and yOff.
.LP
.sM
.PN "ShapeQueryExtents"
.IP
\fIdest\fP\^: WINDOW
.LP
=>
.IP
boundingShaped: BOOL
.br
clipShaped: BOOL
.br
xBoundingShape: INT16
.br
yBoundingShape: INT16
.br
widthBoundingShape: CARD16
.br
heightBoundingShape: CARD16
.br
xClipShape: INT16
.br
yClipShape: INT16
.br
widthClipShape: CARD16
.br
heightClipShape: CARD16
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window
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.eM
The boundingShaped and clipShaped results are
.PN True
if the corresponding client regions have been specified, else they are
.PN False .
The x, y, width, and height values define the extents of the client regions,
when a client region has not been specified, the extents of the
corresponding default region are reported.
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.sM
.PN "ShapeSelectInput"
.IP
\fIwindow\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIenable\fP\^: BOOL
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window ,
.PN Value
.LP
.eM
Specifying enable as
.PN True
causes the server to send the requesting client a
.PN ShapeNotify
event whenever the bounding or clip region of the specified window is
altered by any client.
Specifying enable as
.PN False
causes the server to stop sending such events.
.LP
.sM
.PN "ShapeInputSelected"
.IP
\fIwindow\fP\^: WINDOW
.LP
=>
.IP
enable: BOOL
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window
.LP
.eM
If enable is
.PN True ,
then
.PN ShapeNotify
events for the window are generated for this client.
.LP
.sM
.PN "ShapeGetRectangles"
.IP
\fIwindow\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIkind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.LP
=>
.IP
rectangles: LISTofRECTANGLE
.br
ordering:
.Pn { UnSorted ,
.PN YSorted ,
.PN YXSorted ,
.PN YXBanded }
.IP
Errors:
.PN Window,
.PN Match
.LP
.eM
A list of rectangles describing the region indicated by kind, and the
ordering of those rectangles, is returned. The meaning of the ordering
values is the same as in the
.PN ShapeRectangles
request.
.NH 1
Events
.LP
.sM
.PN "ShapeNotify"
.IP
\fIwindow\fP\^: WINDOW
.br
\fIkind\fP\^: SHAPE_KIND
.br
\fIshaped\fP\^: BOOL
.br
\fIx\fP, \fIy\fP\^: INT16
.br
\fIwidth\fP, \fIheight\fP\^: CARD16
.br
\fItime\fP\^: TIMESTAMP
.LP
.eM
Whenever the client bounding or clip shape of a window is modified, a
.PN ShapeNotify
event is sent to each client that has used
.PN ShapeSelectInput
to request it.
.LP
Kind indicates which client region (bounding or clip) has been modified;
shaped is
.PN True
when the window has a client shape of type kind, and is
.PN False
when the window no longer has a client shape of this type.
The x, y, width, and height indicate the extents of the
current shape. When shaped is
.PN False
these will indicate the extents of the default region. The timestamp
indicates the server time when the shape was changed.
.NH 1
Encoding
.LP
Please refer to the X11 Protocol Encoding document as this document uses
conventions established there.
.LP
The name of this extension is ``SHAPE''.
.LP
.NH 2
New Types
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .75i 1.75i
.ta .75i 1.75i
.R
SHAPE_KIND
0 Bounding
1 Clip
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .75i 1.75i
.ta .75i 1.75i
.R
SHAPE_OP
0 Set
1 Union
2 Intersect
3 Subtract
4 Invert
.De
.NH 2
Requests
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeQueryVersion
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 0 shape opcode
2 1 request length
.De
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
=>
1 1 Reply
1 unused
2 CARD16 sequence number
4 0 length
2 CARD16 major version
2 CARD16 minor version
20 unused
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeRectangles
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 1 shape opcode
2 4+2n request length
1 SHAPE_OP operation
1 SHAPE_KIND destination kind
1 ordering
0 UnSorted
1 YSorted
2 YXSorted
3 YXBanded
1 unused
4 WINDOW destination window
2 INT16 x offset
2 INT16 y offset
8n LISTofRECTANGLE rectangles
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeMask
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 2 shape opcode
2 5 request length
1 SHAPE_OP operation
1 SHAPE_KIND destination kind
2 unused
4 WINDOW destination window
2 INT16 x offset
2 INT16 y offset
4 PIXMAP source bitmap
0 None
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeCombine
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 3 shape opcode
2 5 request length
1 SHAPE_OP operation
1 SHAPE_KIND destination kind
1 SHAPE_KIND source kind
1 unused
4 WINDOW destination window
2 INT16 x offset
2 INT16 y offset
4 WINDOW source window
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeOffset
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 4 shape opcode
2 4 request length
1 SHAPE_KIND destination kind
3 unused
4 WINDOW destination window
2 INT16 x offset
2 INT16 y offset
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeQueryExtents
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 5 shape opcode
2 2 request length
4 WINDOW destination window
.De
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
=>
1 1 Reply
1 unused
2 CARD16 sequence number
4 0 reply length
1 BOOL bounding shaped
1 BOOL clip shaped
2 unused
2 INT16 bounding shape extents x
2 INT16 bounding shape extents y
2 CARD16 bounding shape extents width
2 CARD16 bounding shape extents height
2 INT16 clip shape extents x
2 INT16 clip shape extents y
2 CARD16 clip shape extents width
2 CARD16 clip shape extents height
4 unused
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeSelectInput
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 6 shape opcode
2 3 request length
4 WINDOW destination window
1 BOOL enable
3 unused
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeInputSelected
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 6 shape opcode
2 2 request length
4 WINDOW destination window
.De
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
=>
1 1 Reply
1 BOOL enabled
2 CARD16 sequence number
4 0 reply length
24 unused
.De
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeGetRectangles
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 opcode
1 7 shape opcode
2 3 request length
4 WINDOW window
1 SHAPE_KIND source kind
3 unused
.De
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
=>
1 1 Reply
1 ordering
0 UnSorted
1 YSorted
2 YXSorted
3 YXBanded
2 CARD16 sequence number
4 2n reply length
4 CARD32 nrects
20 unused
8n LISTofRECTANGLE rectangles
.De
.NH 2
Events
.LP
.LP
.Ds 0
.TA .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.ta .2i .5i 1.5i 2.5i
.R
.PN ShapeNotify
.sp 6p
1 CARD8 type (0 + extension event base)
1 SHAPE_KIND shape kind
2 CARD16 sequence number
4 WINDOW affected window
2 INT16 x value of extents
2 INT16 y value of extents
2 CARD16 width of extents
2 CARD16 height of extents
4 TIMESTAMP server time
1 BOOL shaped
11 unused
.De
.NH 1
Glossary
.LP
.KS
\fBbounding region\fP
.IP
The area of the parent window that this window will occupy. This area is
divided into two parts: the border and the interior.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBclip region\fP
.IP
The interior of the window, as a subset of the bounding region. This
region describes the area that will be painted with the window background
when the window is cleared, will contain all graphics output to the window,
and will clip any subwindows.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBdefault bounding region\fP
.IP
The rectangular area, as described by the core protocol window size, that
covers the interior of the window and its border.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBdefault clip region\fP
.IP
The rectangular area, as described by the core protocol window size, that
covers the interior of the window and excludes the border.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBclient bounding region\fP
.IP
The region associated with a window that is directly modified via this
extension when specified by
.PN ShapeBounding .
This region is used in conjunction with the default bounding region
to produce the effective bounding region.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBclient clip region\fP
.IP
The region associated with a window that is directly modified via this
extension when specified by
.PN ShapeClip .
This region is used in conjunction with the default clip region
and the client bounding region to produce the effective clip region.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBeffective bounding region\fP
.IP
The actual shape of the window on the screen, including border and interior
(but excluding the effects of overlapping windows). When a window has a client
bounding region, the effective bounding region is the intersection of the
default bounding region and the client bounding region. Otherwise, the
effective bounding region is the same as the default bounding region.
.KE
.LP
.KS
\fBeffective clip region\fP
.IP
The actual shape of the interior of the window on the screen (excluding the
effects of overlapping windows). When a window has a client clip region or
a client bounding region, the effective clip region is the intersection of
the default clip region, the client clip region (if any) and the client
bounding region (if any). Otherwise, the effective clip region is the
same as the default clip region.
.KE