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    My First Maemo Desktop Widget

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    This document discusses creating desktop widgets for Maemo. It explains that desktop widgets are normal windows with a special type, are composited by the desktop, and use the libhildondesktop library for lifetime management and positioning. It provides details on using the HDHomePluginItem base class, listening for visibility changes, implementing settings, and drawing transparently using Cairo.

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    This document discusses creating desktop widgets for Maemo. It explains that desktop widgets are normal windows with a special type, are composited by the desktop, and use the libhildondesktop library for lifetime management and positioning. It provides details on using the HDHomePluginItem base class, listening for visibility changes, implementing settings, and drawing transparently using Cairo.

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    This document discusses creating desktop widgets for Maemo. It explains that desktop widgets are normal windows with a special type, are composited by the desktop, and use the libhildondesktop library for lifetime management and positioning. It provides details on using the HDHomePluginItem base class, listening for visibility changes, implementing settings, and drawing transparently using Cairo.

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    My first desktop widget

    Marc Ordinas i Llopis


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    Desktop Widgets

    Normal windows with special type:


    _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE:
    _HILDON_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_HOME_APPLET

    Composited by the desktop on home

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend


    libhildondesktop

    Lifetime management and positioning

    Utility class HDHomePluginItem

    Visibility and settings

    Code at http://maemo.gitorious.org/fremantle-hildon-desktop/libhildondesktop

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend


    Lifetime management

    Desktop file describes the widget

    Library loaded by hildon-home

    Position kept in GConf


    Please see the example at

    https://garage.maemo.org/svn/maemoexamples/trunk/example_desktop_widget/

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend


    HDHomePluginItem

    Base class for desktop widgets

    Derived from GtkWindow


    Use as a container.

    Or, draw directly using cairo.

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend


    Energy saving
    is-on-current-desktop property

    Listen to notification changes


    notify::is-on-current-desktop

    If not visible
    Don't draw

    Use as few resources as possible


    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend
    Settings

    Set property
    HDHomePluginItem::settings

    Listen to signal
    HDHomePluginItem::show-settings

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend


    Transparency

    In the realize method


    Set colormap to RGBA.

    Set app paintable to true.

    In the expose_event method


    Draw directly (using cairo, for example).

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend


    Questions?

    Examples at
    https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemoexamples/

    Maemo Barcelona Long Weekend

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