GTK+ Implements Window Focus Tracking and Window Properties for Ubuntu's Mir

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The GTK+ development team just released a few moments ago a new stable and development release of the widely-used GTK+ open-source toolkit for GNOME and GNOME-based desktop environments and related apps.

GTK+ 3.22.8 is now the most stable and advanced build of the toolkit, and will soon be available for most GNU/Linux distributions that use it. While it’s only a small maintenance update, it adds a few interesting improvements for Ubuntu’s Mir display server, such as window focus tracking, window properties, and modal hint support.

Additionally, GTK+ 3.22.8 makes it possible to connect to Mir’s content-hub and use it for copy and paste functions. The next-generation Wayland display server also received a little bit of attention in this new stable release, as the development team managed to implement a change that would avoid overlapping between Alt and Meta keys.

It also addresses several bugs that have been reported by users lately, such as GNOME Software showing … (read more)

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