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1 #! perl
2
3 #:META:RESOURCE:clickthrough:string:clickthrough disable/off/on
4
5 =head1 NAME
6
7 clickthrough - make window "transparent" with respect to input events
8
9 =head1 DESCRIPTION
10
11 This extension can toggle the terminal window between "normal" and
12 "clickthrough" states. In the latter state, inoput events such as clicks
13 will go "through" the window, as if it weren't there. This cna be used to
14 put a (preferably partially transparent) window in front of other windows
15 and let clicks and other events go through the underlying window.
16
17 See L<https://shallowsky.com/blog/2017/Apr/06/> for an example.
18
19 This extension is loaded automatically when the C<-clickthrough mode>
20 command line argument is given, and operates in one of three modes:
21
22 =over
23
24 =item C<disable> (the default)
25
26 In this mode, everything works normally andf the OSC sequence is not
27 active.
28
29 =item C<on>
30
31 In this mode, events go through the window, and this can be toggled via an
32 OSC sequence.
33
34 =item C<off>
35
36 In this mode, events act normally, but this can be toggled via an OSC
37 sequence.
38
39 =back
40
41 =head2 OSC SEQUENCE
42
43 When enabled, the OSC sequence C<< 777;clickthroughI<mode> >> can be used
44 to change the clickthrough mode. Example, switch it on, and then switch it
45 off again:
46
47 printf '\033]777;clickthrough:on\007'
48 printf '\033]777;clickthrough:off\007'
49
50 =head2 BUGS
51
52 For this to work as expected, your window manager needs to support shaped
53 windows fully, but most only have partial support. The only window manager
54 known that handles this correctly is openbox 3.7 (and partially 3.6).
55
56 A workaround is to also use C<-override-redirect>.
57
58 In addition, input shapes don't seem to be well supported in Xorg,
59 which sometimes doe snot egenerate the necessary events for window
60 managers. This is currenty being worked around in this extension by
61 re-setting the input shape after every map event.
62
63 =cut
64
65 sub on_start {
66 my ($self) = @_;
67
68 my $mode = $self->x_resource ("clickthrough");
69
70 if ($mode eq "on" or $mode eq "off") {
71 my ($major, $minor) = $self->XShapeQueryVersion;
72
73 if ($major < 1 or ($major == 1 && $minor < 1)) {
74 warn "clickthrough cannot be enabled since the shape extension is missing or too old\n";
75 return;
76 }
77
78 my $set_mode = sub {
79 if ($mode eq "on") {
80 my $reg = urxvt::XCreateRegion;
81 $self->XShapeCombineRegion ($self->parent, urxvt::ShapeInput, 0, 0, $reg, urxvt::ShapeSet);
82 urxvt::XDestroyRegion ($reg);
83 } elsif ($mode eq "off") {
84 $self->XShapeCombineMask ($self->parent, urxvt::ShapeInput, 0, 0, urxvt::None, urxvt::ShapeSet);
85 }
86 };
87
88 $set_mode->();
89
90 $self->{on_osc_seq_perl} = $self->on (osc_seq_perl => sub {
91 my ($self, $osc, $resp) = @_;
92
93 if ($osc =~ /^clickthrough:(on|off)\z/) {
94 $mode = $1;
95 $set_mode->();
96 }
97 });
98
99 # at least my x-server does not send a ShapeNotify event to the window manager
100 # for input shapes unless the window is mapped. Works for bounding shapes, so
101 # this is likely an X bug, which we work maround by setting the mask on every map
102 #$self->{on_map_notify} = $self->on (map_notify => $set_mode);
103 }
104
105 ()
106 }
107