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Fix Linux gtk header bar always being used on Wayland #347

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27 changes: 1 addition & 26 deletions linux/runner/my_application.cc
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Expand Up @@ -20,32 +20,7 @@ static void my_application_activate(GApplication* application) {
GtkWindow* window =
GTK_WINDOW(gtk_application_window_new(GTK_APPLICATION(application)));

// Use a header bar when running in GNOME as this is the common style used
// by applications and is the setup most users will be using (e.g. Ubuntu
// desktop).
// If running on X and not using GNOME then just use a traditional title bar
// in case the window manager does more exotic layout, e.g. tiling.
// If running on Wayland assume the header bar will work (may need changing
// if future cases occur).
gboolean use_header_bar = TRUE;
#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
GdkScreen* screen = gtk_window_get_screen(window);
if (GDK_IS_X11_SCREEN(screen)) {
const gchar* wm_name = gdk_x11_screen_get_window_manager_name(screen);
if (g_strcmp0(wm_name, "GNOME Shell") != 0) {
use_header_bar = FALSE;
}
}
#endif
if (use_header_bar) {
GtkHeaderBar* header_bar = GTK_HEADER_BAR(gtk_header_bar_new());
gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(header_bar));
gtk_header_bar_set_title(header_bar, "Interstellar");
gtk_header_bar_set_show_close_button(header_bar, TRUE);
gtk_window_set_titlebar(window, GTK_WIDGET(header_bar));
} else {
gtk_window_set_title(window, "Interstellar");
}
gtk_window_set_title(window, "Interstellar");

gtk_window_set_default_size(window, 1280, 720);
gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(window));
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