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Asked: 2010-11-01 23:17:39 +0800 CST

Is Client Side Decoration(CSD) dead?

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As stated by KWin developer Martin: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2010/10/kwin-at-uds/

I just wanted someone to confirm it... :-)

csd xorg window-manager compositing

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  1. Yes, it was officially decided at this UDS that client side windows had too many drawbacks to be worth the benefits. The Unity developers, a compiz developer, and a KWin developer have agreed on a new approach that lets window decorations paint the background of the window as well as the decorations. Rejoice.

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  2. Unfortunately, client side decorations are alive and well in the GNOME side of the pond, and starting with GTK+ 3.12, GTK applications have CSD enabled by default even on non-GNOME window managers.

    This is aweful and completely breaks the user experience for non-GNOME users.

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  3. Best Answer

    It is. A main compiz developer had previously spoken against it here, so it's obvious that with him also working on unity, this "feature" would be dropped.

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  4. CSD is not dead

    Client Side Decorations (CSD) is not dead as this recent 2019 article illustrates:

    Here are the before and after pictures from the article:

    Before and After CSD.png

    As comments below the article point out this is for Gnome and KDE users are left in the dark.

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