The Internet is full of outdated Python code for doing things with windows, so here is what I got working today in a Python 3, GTK 3 environment.
This script toggles the window decorations on the active window on and off. I have it bound to Ctrl+NumPadMinus for easy access.
#!/usr/bin/env python3 import gi gi.require_version('Gdk', '3.0') gi.require_version('GdkX11', '3.0') gi.require_version('Wnck', '3.0') from gi.repository import Gdk from gi.repository import GdkX11 from gi.repository import Wnck def active_window(screen): for window in screen.get_windows(): if window.is_active() == True: return window def toggle_decorations(w): if w.get_decorations().decorations == 0: w.set_decorations(Gdk.WMDecoration.ALL) else: w.set_decorations(0) screen = Wnck.Screen.get_default() screen.force_update() display = GdkX11.X11Display.get_default() window = active_window(screen) window_id = window.get_xid() w = GdkX11.X11Window.foreign_new_for_display(display, window_id) toggle_decorations(w) window = None screen = None Wnck.shutdown()
Dude!!!! Thanks so much for this post. I’ve been trying to remove decorations from my windows and struggling for months to get my python2 script to work. Much appreciated! :)
Hi Ken, really glad it was a help!