Allow specifying override_redirect x11 window attribute (#7830)

crates/egui-winit/src/lib.rs

@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ pub fn create_winit_window_attributes(
 
         // x11
         window_type: _window_type,
+        override_redirect: _override_redirect,
 
         mouse_passthrough: _, // handled in `apply_viewport_builder_to_window`
         clamp_size_to_monitor_size: _, // Handled in `viewport_builder` in `epi_integration.rs`
@@ -1827,8 +1828,8 @@ pub fn create_winit_window_attributes(
 
     #[cfg(all(feature = "x11", target_os = "linux"))]
     {
+        use winit::platform::x11::WindowAttributesExtX11 as _;
         if let Some(window_type) = _window_type {
-            use winit::platform::x11::WindowAttributesExtX11 as _;
             use winit::platform::x11::WindowType;
             window_attributes = window_attributes.with_x11_window_type(vec![match window_type {
                 egui::X11WindowType::Normal => WindowType::Normal,
@@ -1847,6 +1848,9 @@ pub fn create_winit_window_attributes(
                 egui::X11WindowType::Dnd => WindowType::Dnd,
             }]);
         }
+        if let Some(override_redirect) = _override_redirect {
+            window_attributes = window_attributes.with_override_redirect(override_redirect);
+        }
     }
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]

crates/egui/src/viewport.rs

@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ pub struct ViewportBuilder {
 
     // X11
     pub window_type: Option<X11WindowType>,
+    pub override_redirect: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 impl ViewportBuilder {
@@ -663,13 +664,22 @@ impl ViewportBuilder {
 
     /// ### On X11
     /// This sets the window type.
-    /// Maps directly to [`_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE`](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.5.html).
+    /// Maps directly to [`_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE`](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm/1.5/ar01s05.html#id-1.6.7).
     #[inline]
     pub fn with_window_type(mut self, value: X11WindowType) -> Self {
         self.window_type = Some(value);
         self
     }
 
+    /// ### On X11
+    /// This sets the override-redirect flag. When this is set to true the window type should be specified.
+    /// Maps directly to [`Override-redirect windows`](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm/1.5/ar01s02.html#id-1.3.13).
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn with_override_redirect(mut self, value: bool) -> Self {
+        self.override_redirect = Some(value);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Update this `ViewportBuilder` with a delta,
     /// returning a list of commands and a bool indicating if the window needs to be recreated.
     #[must_use]
@@ -706,6 +716,7 @@ impl ViewportBuilder {
             mouse_passthrough: new_mouse_passthrough,
             taskbar: new_taskbar,
             window_type: new_window_type,
+            override_redirect: new_override_redirect,
         } = new_vp_builder;
 
         let mut commands = Vec::new();
@@ -903,6 +914,11 @@ impl ViewportBuilder {
             recreate_window = true;
         }
 
+        if new_override_redirect.is_some() && self.override_redirect != new_override_redirect {
+            self.override_redirect = new_override_redirect;
+            recreate_window = true;
+        }
+
         (commands, recreate_window)
     }
 }