[Bug] Ghost windows being created

[psarras]

Describe the bug

I have experienced this consistently whenever I close a powerpoint. What happens is that when closing powerpoint, GlazeWM will create one sometimes two invisible window blocks. I have tried on another machine and this is not consistent on any powerpoint. Perhaps one of the plugins my company is using will cause this...regardless...this has happen to me on other situations.

The only way to reset GlazeWM is to restart it. Therefore whatever caused GlazeWM to create those zones, are not there anymore. My guess is that those windows close too quickly and glazewm cannot register that they did so it remembers to keep a space for them. Does GlazeWM checks periodically that windows are still alive?

Reproduction

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Stack trace or error logs (if applicable)

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Version number

3.5

[DreamMaoMao]

Usually these ghost Windows are not created by glazewm, your software creates them, maybe you can't see them, but glazewm can see them, and you can capture their information and put it in glazewm's window rules to ignore them

[psarras]

@DreamMaoMao but how do I see their info?

[DreamMaoMao]

@DreamMaoMao but how do I see their info?但我如何查看他们的信息？

glazewm query windows

[psarras]

I am sorry, could you be a bit more specific?

[DreamMaoMao]

This is a query command

[ShortArrow]

Whenever I encounter a similar problem, I use a script like this to solve the problem from glazewm v3.7 .
This script is another process of regular glazewm.exe.

#!pwsh
$glazewmWindowsInfo= $(glazewm.exe query windows | ConvertFrom-Json)
$glazewmWindowsInfo.data.windows | %{$index=0}{"$index : $($_.title)"; $index++;}

After that, add a rule to ignore problem window to the glazewm settings.

[ShortArrow]

But sometimes queries have no meaning

[lars-berger]

But sometimes queries have no meaning

Do you know which app you managed to reproduce this with? Would be happy to add entries to the default ignore list 👌

[ShortArrow]

But sometimes queries have no meaning

Do you know which app you managed to reproduce this with? Would be happy to add entries to the default ignore list 👌

The transparent window is Windows Terminal. I'm trying to find the cause of multiple Windows Terminals running, but it's going to take a while.

I think it happens when I launch glazewm via powershell using task scheduler. But it doesn't happen every time, so I can't be sure. It's possible that the issue is specific to my environment, so I'm currently investigating.

Below is a schedule registration script to reproduce the behavior. Also, if I kick the task manually there is no problem is happend.

#! pwsh

$taskName = "GlazeWM_Task"
$glazewmPath = Resolve-Path `
    -Path "$env:USERPROFILE/Documents/GitHub/glazewm/target/release/glazewm.exe"
$argument = @(
        "-c `"`$PSStyle.OutputRendering='Ansi'",
        "Start-Process -NoNewWindow '$glazewmPath' -ArgumentList 'start'",
        "pause",
        "`""
    ) -join ";"
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn
$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet `
    -AllowStartIfOnBatteries `
    -StartWhenAvailable `
    -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries
$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction `
    -Execute "pwsh.exe" `
    -Argument $argument

Register-ScheduledTask `
    -TaskName $taskName `
    -User $env:USERNAME `
    -Trigger $trigger `
    -Action $action `
    -Settings $settings `
    -Force

[ShortArrow]

@psarras Does a system environment that creates ghost windows still exist?
There is any left, If you would be so kind as to, please try running a PowerShell query.

[TheAjaykrishnanR]

MS Paint was in the list as Untitled - Paint but paint wasn't running at all. I guess glazewm does not register its closing and still keeps it as an opened window.

[ShortArrow]

I use glazewm every day. This problem hasn't occurred in my environment for a while. At least for the past few months. I don't know which version it is from, or if it's because I haven't launched a specific software or performed a specific action.