AppLaunchContext

AppLaunchContext

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

public class AppLaunchContext : Object

Integrating the launch with the launching application. This is used to handle for instance startup notification and launching the new application on the same screen as the launching window.

Namespace: GLib

Package: gio-2.0

Content:

Creation methods:

public AppLaunchContext ()
Creates a new application launch context. This is not normally used, instead you instantiate a subclass of this, such as GdkAppLaunchContext.

Methods:

public virtual string get_display (AppInfo info, List<File> files)
Gets the display string for the context. This is used to ensure new applications are started on the same display as the launching application, by setting the DISPLAY environment variable.
public virtual string get_startup_notify_id (AppInfo info, List<File> files)
Initiates startup notification for the application and returns the DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID for the launched operation, if supported.
public virtual void launch_failed (string startup_notify_id)
Called when an application has failed to launch, so that it can cancel the application startup notification started in get_startup_notify_id.