Each window of the Linux Steam client should have different X roles so that window managers can tell them apart. By Steam client windows, I mean the main window (Library), the Friends window, the chat window, the settings window, the screenshots window and so on.
For example, I'm using the i3 window manager with the saved layouts feature, and I'm trying to position the Steam Friends window and the chat window on launch. This is currently not possible because the only way to identify the windows are by their titles, and the title for the chat window is apparently empty when the window is created, so the rules fail to apply.
If each window had a distinct X role, for example:
Each window of the Linux Steam client should have different X roles so that window managers can tell them apart. By Steam client windows, I mean the main window (Library), the Friends window, the chat window, the settings window, the screenshots window and so on.
For example, I'm using the i3 window manager with the saved layouts feature, and I'm trying to position the Steam Friends window and the chat window on launch. This is currently not possible because the only way to identify the windows are by their titles, and the title for the chat window is apparently empty when the window is created, so the rules fail to apply.
If each window had a distinct X role, for example:
then this wouldn't be a problem.