[arch-general] Gedit

[Daniel Micay]

On 15/04/14 04:56 PM, Andres Fernandez wrote:
>> Chromium defaults to drawing the title bar itself as part of the window,
>> for the same space-saving reasons. GTK+ applications using the header
>> bar still have window buttons too - by default a close button, but
>> optionally minimize/maximize.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm pointing them out as the applications that popularized this
>> feature, not as applications *only* providing this choice.
> 
> The main reason for HeaderBar widget on core apps of Gnome is Wayland. This
> is a protocol to develop compositors in replacement of the old and beloved
> Xorg. In Wayland world there is no Windows Manager, so windows decoration
> are in apps. That's the main reason.

That's not at all true. KDE is going to be using server-side window
decorations with their Wayland compositor. The GTK+ header bar is based
on UX design, not anything to do with Wayland. An GTK+ application can
draw client-side decorations with or without a header bar.

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