Issue 143: XEvent hook or similar needed http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=143 Comment #1 by andrea.rossato: After our conversation on IRC, I thought a bit more about this issue and this is the idea I'd like to play a bit with. If runLayout is going to be accepted (and I'm quite confident Spencer may not dislike the idea) - and if we solve issue #111 (and I did some steps in that direction) -, it would be possible to set up a layout modifier in a given workspace that would just intercept X events and handle them accordingly. This is the idea: we have a layout modifier like this data HandleEvent a = HandleEvent ToogleReceiver ... type ToogleReceiver = Bool this layout modifier would be using the modifyLayout method and, when called the first time, it would activate itself (or/and it could broadcast a message to deactivate the receivers on the other workspaces), and would start handling Events - Main.handle is going to broadcast them to all layouts, current, visible and hidden. This may sound ugly at the first sight. But if you think a bit, that could be a flexible solution: we could have an event handler attached to each workspace, and it could handle events globally, or on a workspace basis manner. Moreover, unlike an EventHook, which would be quite inflexible (the configuration is in a ReaderT monad), you could send messages to the HandleEvent modifier itself, to turn it on/off, or just change its behavior. Maybe I'm just wrong, but I think that before pushing for an event hook we should give this path a try. I would be really glad to give you all the help I can give to write such a layout modifier. Let me know. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings