29 September 2025 to 1 October 2025
Europe/Vienna timezone

Surfaces for a Dock

1 Oct 2025, 17:45
5m
Lightning Talk (5 minutes) Lightning Talk Lightning Talks

Speaker

Philipp Kaeser (Google)

Description

In order to build an Application Dock as a separate Wayland client process, the compositor needs a way to share surfaces to that client, eg. as a miniaturized application window, an icon, or similar.

This talk will outline the use-case, present a currently working prototype, and intends to poll for further interest and if or how a proper solution could be shaped

Code of Conduct Yes
GSoC, EVoC or Outreachy No
In-person or virtual presentation In-person

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