Improvement: Support reading _NET_WM_OPACITY from client windows

- Some WMs don't respect Keith Packard's proposal of
  _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY, and do not copy _NET_WM_OPACITY attribute of a
  client window to its frame windows, thus cause opacity set by
  non-override-redirect windows to have no effect. This commit adds
  support for reading _NET_WM_OPACITY from client windows if running
  with --detect-client-opacity. Thanks to pvanek for reporting.

- Change Makefile logic to determine options from 3 variables
  (NO_LIBCONFIG, NO_REGEX_PCRE, NO_REGEX_PCRE_JIT) instead of CFG to
  ensure compatibility when we add new options. CFG variable is no
  longer been respected.

Makefile

@@ -4,20 +4,38 @@ PREFIX ?= /usr
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
 
-PACKAGES = x11 xcomposite xfixes xdamage xrender xext libconfig
+PACKAGES = x11 xcomposite xfixes xdamage xrender xext
-LIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs $(PACKAGES)) -lm
+LIBS = -lm
-LIBS += $(shell pcre-config --libs)
+INCS =
-INCS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(PACKAGES))
+
-INCS += $(shell pcre-config --cflags)
+# Parse configuration flags
+CFG =
+
+ifeq "$(NO_LIBCONFIG)" ""
+	CFG += -DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG
+	PACKAGES += libconfig
+
+	# libconfig-1.3* does not define LIBCONFIG_VER* macros, so we use
+	# pkg-config to determine its version here
+	CFG += $(shell pkg-config --atleast-version=1.4 libconfig || echo '-DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG_LEGACY')
+endif
+
+ifeq "$(NO_REGEX_PCRE)" ""
+	CFG += -DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE
+	LIBS += $(shell pcre-config --libs)
+	INCS += $(shell pcre-config --cflags)
+	ifeq "$(NO_REGEX_PCRE_JIT)" ""
+		CFG += -DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE_JIT
+	endif
+endif
+
+CFLAGS += $(CFG)
+
+LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs $(PACKAGES))
+INCS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(PACKAGES))
 CFLAGS += -Wall -std=c99
 OBJS = compton.o
 
-CFG ?= -DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG -DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE -DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE_JIT
-# libconfig-1.3* does not define LIBCONFIG_VER* macros, so we use pkg-config
-# to determine its version here
-CFG += $(shell pkg-config --atleast-version=1.4 libconfig || echo '-DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG_LEGACY')
-CFLAGS += $(CFG)
-
 %.o: src/%.c src/%.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCS) -c src/$*.c
 

compton.sample.conf

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ shadow-ignore-shaped = true;
 menu-opacity = 0.8;
 inactive-opacity = 0.8;
 frame-opacity = 0.7;
-inactive-opacity-override = true;
+inactive-opacity-override = false;
 
 # Fading
 fading = true;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ fade-out-step = 0.03;
 mark-wmwin-focused = true;
 mark-ovredir-focused = true;
 detect-rounded-corners = true;
+detect-client-opacity = false;
 
 # Window type settings
 wintypes:

src/compton.c

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static options_t opts = {
   .inactive_opacity = 0,
   .inactive_opacity_override = False,
   .frame_opacity = 0.0,
+  .detect_client_opacity = False,
   .inactive_dim = 0.0,
 
   .track_focus = False,
@@ -942,7 +943,8 @@ determine_evmask(Display *dpy, Window wid, win_evmode_t mode) {
   }
 
   if (WIN_EVMODE_CLIENT == mode || find_toplevel(dpy, wid)) {
-    if (opts.frame_opacity || opts.track_wdata)
+    if (opts.frame_opacity || opts.track_wdata
+        || opts.detect_client_opacity)
       evmask |= PropertyChangeMask;
   }
 
@@ -1757,14 +1759,14 @@ unmap_win(Display *dpy, Window id, Bool fade) {
 }
 
 static opacity_t
-get_opacity_prop(Display *dpy, win *w, opacity_t def) {
+wid_get_opacity_prop(Display *dpy, Window wid, opacity_t def) {
   Atom actual;
   int format;
   unsigned long n, left;
 
   unsigned char *data;
   int result = XGetWindowProperty(
-    dpy, w->id, opacity_atom, 0L, 1L, False,
+    dpy, wid, opacity_atom, 0L, 1L, False,
     XA_CARDINAL, &actual, &format, &n, &left, &data);
 
   if (result == Success && data != NULL) {
@@ -1838,14 +1840,19 @@ calc_opacity(Display *dpy, win *w, Bool refetch_prop) {
   // Do not refetch the opacity window attribute unless necessary, this
   // is probably an expensive operation in some cases
   if (refetch_prop) {
-    w->opacity_prop = get_opacity_prop(dpy, w, OPAQUE);
+    w->opacity_prop = wid_get_opacity_prop(dpy, w->id, OPAQUE);
+    if (!opts.detect_client_opacity || !w->client_win
+        || w->id == w->client_win)
+      w->opacity_prop_client = OPAQUE;
+    else
+      w->opacity_prop_client = wid_get_opacity_prop(dpy, w->client_win,
+            OPAQUE);
   }
 
-  if (OPAQUE == (opacity = w->opacity_prop)) {
+  if (OPAQUE == (opacity = w->opacity_prop)
-    if (1.0 != opts.wintype_opacity[w->window_type]) {
+      && OPAQUE == (opacity = w->opacity_prop_client)) {
     opacity = opts.wintype_opacity[w->window_type] * OPAQUE;
   }
-  }
 
   // Respect inactive_opacity in some cases
   if (opts.inactive_opacity && is_normal_win(w) && False == w->focused
@@ -1945,12 +1952,13 @@ static void
 mark_client_win(Display *dpy, win *w, Window client) {
   w->client_win = client;
 
+  XSelectInput(dpy, client, determine_evmask(dpy, client, WIN_EVMODE_CLIENT));
+
   // Get the frame width and monitor further frame width changes on client
   // window if necessary
   if (opts.frame_opacity) {
     get_frame_extents(dpy, w, client);
   }
-  XSelectInput(dpy, client, determine_evmask(dpy, client, WIN_EVMODE_CLIENT));
 
   // Detect window type here
   if (WINTYPE_UNKNOWN == w->window_type)
@@ -2037,6 +2045,7 @@ add_win(Display *dpy, Window id, Window prev, Bool override_redirect) {
   new->opacity_tgt = 0;
   new->opacity_cur = OPAQUE;
   new->opacity_prop = OPAQUE;
+  new->opacity_prop_client = OPAQUE;
   new->fade = False;
   new->fade_callback = NULL;
   new->fade_fin = False;
@@ -2777,12 +2786,17 @@ ev_property_notify(XPropertyEvent *ev) {
     }
   }
 
-  /* check if Trans property was changed */
+  // If _NET_WM_OPACITY changes
   if (ev->atom == opacity_atom) {
-    /* reset mode and redraw window */
+    win *w = NULL;
-    win *w = find_win(dpy, ev->window);
+    if ((w = find_win(dpy, ev->window)))
+      w->opacity_prop = wid_get_opacity_prop(dpy, w->id, OPAQUE);
+    else if (opts.detect_client_opacity
+			&& (w = find_toplevel(dpy, ev->window)))
+      w->opacity_prop_client = wid_get_opacity_prop(dpy, w->client_win,
+            OPAQUE);
     if (w) {
-      calc_opacity(dpy, w, True);
+      calc_opacity(dpy, w, False);
     }
   }
 
@@ -3007,6 +3021,10 @@ usage(void) {
     "--detect-rounded-corners\n"
     "  Try to detect windows with rounded corners and don't consider\n"
     "  them shaped windows.\n"
+    "--detect-client-opacity\n"
+    "  Detect _NET_WM_OPACITY on client windows, useful for window\n"
+    "  managers not passing _NET_WM_OPACITY of client windows to frame\n"
+    "  windows.\n"
     "\n"
     "Format of a condition:\n"
     "\n"
@@ -3267,6 +3285,9 @@ parse_config(char *cpath, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
   // --detect-rounded-corners
   lcfg_lookup_bool(&cfg, "detect-rounded-corners",
       &opts.detect_rounded_corners);
+  // --detect-client-opacity
+  lcfg_lookup_bool(&cfg, "detect-client-opacity",
+      &opts.detect_client_opacity);
   // --shadow-exclude
   {
     config_setting_t *setting =
@@ -3329,6 +3350,7 @@ get_cfg(int argc, char *const *argv) {
     { "no-fading-openclose", no_argument, NULL, 265 },
     { "shadow-ignore-shaped", no_argument, NULL, 266 },
     { "detect-rounded-corners", no_argument, NULL, 267 },
+    { "detect-client-opacity", no_argument, NULL, 268 },
     // Must terminate with a NULL entry
     { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 },
   };
@@ -3483,6 +3505,10 @@ get_cfg(int argc, char *const *argv) {
         // --detect-rounded-corners
         opts.detect_rounded_corners = True;
         break;
+      case 268:
+        // --detect-client-opacity
+        opts.detect_client_opacity = True;
+        break;
       default:
         usage();
         break;

src/compton.h

@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ typedef struct _win {
   opacity_t opacity_cur;
   /// Cached value of opacity window attribute.
   opacity_t opacity_prop;
+  /// Cached value of opacity window attribute on client window. For
+  /// broken window managers not transferring client window's
+  /// _NET_WM_OPACITY value
+  opacity_t opacity_prop_client;
   /// Alpha mask Picture to render window with opacity.
   Picture alpha_pict;
 
@@ -302,7 +306,12 @@ typedef struct _options {
   /// Whether inactive_opacity overrides the opacity set by window
   /// attributes.
   Bool inactive_opacity_override;
+  /// Frame opacity. Relative to window opacity, also affects shadow
+  /// opacity.
   double frame_opacity;
+  /// Whether to detect _NET_WM_OPACITY on client windows. Used on window
+  /// managers that don't pass _NET_WM_OPACITY to frame windows.
+  Bool detect_client_opacity;
   /// How much to dim an inactive window. 0.0 - 1.0, 0 to disable.
   double inactive_dim;
 
@@ -780,7 +789,7 @@ static void
 unmap_win(Display *dpy, Window id, Bool fade);
 
 static opacity_t
-get_opacity_prop(Display *dpy, win *w, opacity_t def);
+wid_get_opacity_prop(Display *dpy, Window wid, opacity_t def);
 
 static double
 get_opacity_percent(Display *dpy, win *w);