Provide list of applications
Submitted by Mike Massonnet
Link to original bug (#621745)
Description
Wnck allows to get the list of windows and build widgets like tasklists, and everything around windows. Given the fact that it eases this a lot it can be extended to provide the list of applications.
Currently it is only possible to retrieve the application name/icon if at least one window is present. Is it possible to add a function like wnck_screen_get_applications? The problem comes from graphical applications with status icons that hide their main window when clicking on the status icon.
If I run the command "xwininfo -root -tree" I see those applications listed with their window id, and with this information it is possible to lookup their icon/name with the command "xprop -id <ID>
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