Simple app to toggle window decorations.

toggle-decorations.c

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2017 Alberts Muktupāvels
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * Compile with:
 * gcc toggle-decorations.c -Wall -o toggle-decorations `pkg-config --cflags --libs x11`
 *
 * Usage:
 * toggle-decorations 0x1234567
 *
 * Support me:
 * https://www.patreon.com/muktupavels
 */

#include <limits.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>

typedef struct
{
  unsigned long flags;
  unsigned long functions;
  unsigned long decorations;
  long input_mode;
  unsigned long status;
} MotifWmHints;

static MotifWmHints *
get_motif_wm_hints (Display *display,
                    Window   window)
{
  Atom property;
  int result;
  Atom actual_type;
  int actual_format;
  unsigned long nitems;
  unsigned long bytes_after;
  unsigned char *data;

  property = XInternAtom (display, "_MOTIF_WM_HINTS", False);
  result = XGetWindowProperty (display, window, property,
                               0, LONG_MAX, False, AnyPropertyType,
                               &actual_type, &actual_format,
                               &nitems, &bytes_after, &data);

  if (result == Success && data != NULL)
    {
      size_t data_size;
      size_t max_size;
      MotifWmHints *hints;

      data_size = nitems * sizeof (long);
      max_size = sizeof (*hints);

      hints = calloc (1, max_size);

      memcpy (hints, data, data_size > max_size ? max_size : data_size);
      XFree (data);

      return hints;
    }

  return NULL;
}

static void
toggle_window_decorations (Display *display,
                           Window   window)
{
  MotifWmHints *hints;
  Atom property;
  int nelements;

  hints = get_motif_wm_hints (display, window);
  if (hints == NULL)
    {
      hints = calloc (1, sizeof (*hints));
      hints->decorations = (1L << 0);
    }

  hints->flags |= (1L << 1);
  hints->decorations = hints->decorations == 0 ? (1L << 0) : 0;

  property = XInternAtom (display, "_MOTIF_WM_HINTS", False);
  nelements = sizeof (*hints) / sizeof (long);

  XChangeProperty (display, window, property, property, 32, PropModeReplace,
                   (unsigned char *) hints, nelements);

  free (hints);
}

int
main (int   argc,
      char *argv[])
{
  Display *display;
  Window window;

  display = XOpenDisplay (NULL);
  if (display == NULL)
    return 1;

  window = 0;
  if (argc > 1)
    {
      sscanf (argv[1], "0x%lx", &window);

      if (window == 0)
        sscanf (argv[1], "%lu", &window);
    }

  if (window == 0)
    return 1;

  toggle_window_decorations (display, window);
  XCloseDisplay (display);

  return 0;
}

@AquariusPower I think you need to do two things - remove input and take_focus protocol...

Remove input:

static void
remove_input (Display *display,
              Window   window)
{
  XWMHints *hints;

  hints = XGetWMHints (display, window);

  hints->flags |= InputHint;
  hints->input = False;

  XSetWMHints (display, window, hints);
  XFree (hints);
}

Remove take_focus protocol:

static void
remove_take_focus_protocol (Display *display,
                            Window   window)
{
  Atom wm_take_focus;
  Atom *protocols;
  int count;

  wm_take_focus = XInternAtom (display, "WM_TAKE_FOCUS", False);

  if (XGetWMProtocols (display, window, &protocols, &count) != 0)
    {
      Atom new_list[count];
      int new_count;
      int i;

      new_count = 0;

      for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
        {
          if (protocols[i] == wm_take_focus)
            continue;

          new_list[new_count++] = protocols[i];
        }

      XSetWMProtocols (display, window, new_list, new_count);
      XFree (protocols);
    }
}

cool thx! I will try it as soon I can! :D

worked perfectly!

Later I will try to do the "simple things":

• add command line options to let each of the 3 functionalities be chosen.
• add "select window" in case no id is passed as param (xwininfo and xprop have such code I can use as reference I guess).

Obs.: Before this code, I had a script loop that would detect if the window is that one and it would activate (with xdotool) the previous window with focus. Quite complicated and didnt work well overall.

I just updated my fork with it as it is now, thx vm!
EDIT: I made each of the 3 optional, added that info at --help, changed app name also (despite it is widely known as toggle-decorations) and changed compilation a bit. It would be cool if we had pull requests here also :)

PS.: btw, I can still maximize/unmaximize the window to see full nethogs info what works great too :)

@AquariusPower I don't receive notifications about edits...

Quickly looked at your fork. In remove_take_focus_protocol you want Atom new_list[count + 1]; or Atom new_list[count + (bAdd ? 1 : 0)]; to make sure new_list has space for extra Atom.

Quickly looked at your fork. In remove_take_focus_protocol you want Atom new_list[count + 1]; or Atom new_list[count + (bAdd ? 1 : 0)]; to make sure new_list has space for extra Atom.

cool thx!! fixed there :)

It's very useful, thanks.

argc is (almost) always grater than zero ([0] is the program name).

I suggest to change L119 to (it fixes crash):

  if (argc > 1)

@rysson Thanks for suggestion!