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the current implementation of window system enlarges all slided-in windows to the whole height/width of the main window. for some sliding windows (tool picker, color picker etc) it desirable to maintain the original or preferred size when slided-in
Created attachment 61933 [details] proposed patch
my proposal is to define a new boolean client property for TopComponents that will force window system into respecting TopComponent's preferred size when set to True, see attached patch
Created attachment 61935 [details] default behavior of slided-in windows
Created attachment 61936 [details] preferred size of slided-in window is respected
Y01 Test?
Created attachment 61959 [details] unit test
(for some reason the test didn't show up in the diff patch)
if there are no objections, i'll integrate tomorrow (friday 30th)
done