XembedSniProxy displaying a small black square

[ErikReider]

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• Sway Version:

  • sway version 1.8-dev-89d73bee (Aug 5 2022, branch 'master')

• Debug Log:

  • Gist

• Configuration File:
  Default config with Waybar (also reproducible with swaybar)

• Description:

  • Run xembedsniproxy or start its user service (compiled from xembed-sni-proxy-git in the AUR)
  • Run a xembed supported application like iBus (ibus-daemon -drx) or a Windows program in Wine that supports the tray
  • Interact with the xembed tray icon (in my case: right click ibus icon)
  • Observe a black box randomly placed on the screen

Firefox was running in another workspace but right clicking the box interacted with different applications on other workspaces depending where I clicked

[progandy]

sway does not have special support for this tool, which might be necessary for the hacks and workarounds it uses. As far as i know, xembedsniproxy tries to move an X window to the position of your click, then simulate the click again to open the context menu at the desired position.

[ghost]

I have the same issue. Weirdly enough the position seems to be random.
Example, if you hit the insert key to minimize osu!stable, the icon shows up in the right spot, but it isn't clickable. The black square that is somewhere else is clickable and it does bring osu! back.

[4e554c4c]

i found this issue years ago (while working on #1234 back in 2017, blast from the past!) anyway point is that xembed-sni-proxy does crappy stuff like rendering a window offscreen that is totally unsupported in xwayland. I don't think that supporting this behaviour has ever been a goal of Sway, or Wayland in general.