// Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd. // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only /*! * \title Qt Wayland Compositor Examples - Server Side Decoration Compositor * \example server-side-decoration * \brief Server Side Decoration Compositor is a simple example that demonstrates server side window decorations on xdg-shell. * \ingroup qtwaylandcompositor-examples * * \image server-side-decoration.png * * \section1 Introduction * * Server Side Decoration Compositor is a desktop-style Wayland compositor example implementing * server-side window decorations. * * For an introduction to the basic principles of creating a \l{Qt Wayland Compositor} with Qt, * see the \l{Qt Wayland Compositor Examples - Minimal QML}{Minimal QML example}. * * \section1 Decorations * * The term \e{window decorations} refers to the additional UI that accompanies most windows in the * windowing system. Examples of this are: * * \list * \li The graphical frame around the window surface, which a user can click and drag to resize * the window. * \li The title bar of the window, which might be used to move the window. * \li The system tool buttons for maximizing, minimizing and closing a window. * \endlist * * Traditionally in Wayland, it has been the client's task to render these decorations. At the same * time, the position, size and state of the window is the compositor's domain. * Some \l{Shell Extensions - Qt Wayland Compositor}{shell extensions} optionally support * \e{server-side decorations}. This enables a compositor to communicate to clients that they should * not draw their own window decorations. Instead, the compositor is responsible for drawing the * window decorations. This corresponds to how decorations are handled on other windowing systems, * such as macOS, Windows and X11. It is worth noting that certain clients may not support this at * all. If the system is expected to run such applications, then this should also be taken into * account. * * Benefits of server-side decorations: * \list * \li Clients do not have to reserve space for system UI in their Wayland buffers. * \li Qt Quick and OpenGL-based clients do not have to render into a separate FBO and copy * the content into their Wayland buffers. * \li Client windows will have a consistent appearance, independent of which UI toolkit is in * use. * \li System functionality, such as resizing, closing and changing window state, is centralized * in the server instead of being shared between the server and client. * \endlist * * \section1 The Code * * The example compositor only supports the \l{XdgShell} extension. It initializes the extension in * the usual way and adds surfaces to a \l ListModel in order to access them later. * * \snippet server-side-decoration/main.qml XdgShell * * In addition, the example initializes the \l XdgDecorationManagerV1 extension. This allows it * to communicate to the client that it prefers server-side decorations. * * Since the interface is optional, it could be that the client does not support it and will always * draw its own decorations. Therefore, the mode is only "preferred" and we need to check the actual * mode of the top-level window before we decorate it. * * \snippet server-side-decoration/main.qml decoration * * For each window, we create a simple title bar above it. The title bar has a gradient, some text, * a \l DragHandler which manages its position, and a close button. * * The image shows a client which supports the decoration manager extensions on the upper left-hand * side, and the same client with client-side decorations on the lower, right-hand side. */