feat: option to disable window transition animations (#389)

GlazeWM.App.Watcher/WatcherStartup.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ namespace GlazeWM.App.Watcher
 {
   public sealed class WatcherStartup
   {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Watcher is responsible for restoring all managed handles when the main process is
+    /// killed unexpectedly.
+    /// </summary>
     public static async Task<ExitCode> Run(int ipcServerPort)
     {
       var client = new IpcClient(ipcServerPort);

GlazeWM.App.WindowManager/WmStartup.cs

@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ public ExitCode Run()
         _systemTrayIcon = new SystemTrayIcon(systemTrayIconConfig);
         _systemTrayIcon.Show();
 
+        var windowAnimations = _userConfigService.GeneralConfig.WindowAnimations;
+
+        // Enable/disable window transition animations.
+        if (windowAnimations is not WindowAnimations.Unchanged)
+        {
+          SystemSettings.SetWindowAnimationsEnabled(
+            windowAnimations is WindowAnimations.True
+          );
+        }
+
         if (_userConfigService.FocusBorderConfig.Active.Enabled ||
             _userConfigService.FocusBorderConfig.Inactive.Enabled)
         {

GlazeWM.App/Resources/sample-config.yaml

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ general:
   floating_window_move_amount: "5%"
   # When enabled, switching to the current workspace activates the previously focused workspace
   toggle_workspace_on_refocus: false
+  # *Strongly* recommended to set to 'false'. Whether to globally enable/disable
+  # window transition animations (on minimize, close, etc). Set to 'unchanged'
+  # to make no setting changes.
+  window_animations: "unchanged"
 
 bar:
   height: "30px"

GlazeWM.Domain/UserConfigs/GeneralConfig.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ public class GeneralConfig
     public bool ShowFloatingOnTop { get; set; }
     /// <summary>
     /// Center the cursor in the middle of a newly focused window
-    /// TODO: Not officially released because implementation is buggy. Use at own risk.
     /// </summary>
     public bool CursorFollowsFocus { get; set; }
     /// <summary>
@@ -23,5 +22,9 @@ public class GeneralConfig
     /// If activated, by switching to the current workspace the previous focused workspace is activated.
     /// </summary>
     public bool ToggleWorkspaceOnRefocus { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Whether to enable window transition animations (on minimize, close, etc).
+    /// </summary>
+    public WindowAnimations WindowAnimations { get; set; } = WindowAnimations.Unchanged;
   }
 }

GlazeWM.Domain/UserConfigs/WindowAnimations.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace GlazeWM.Domain.UserConfigs
+{
+  public enum WindowAnimations
+  {
+    Unchanged,
+    True,
+    False
+  }
+}

GlazeWM.Infrastructure/WindowsApi/SystemSettings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using static GlazeWM.Infrastructure.WindowsApi.WindowsApiService;
+
+namespace GlazeWM.Infrastructure.WindowsApi
+{
+  public static class SystemSettings
+  {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Modify global setting for whether window transition animations are enabled.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void SetWindowAnimationsEnabled(bool enabled)
+    {
+      var animationInfo = AnimationInfo.Create(enabled);
+
+      SystemParametersInfo(
+        SystemParametersInfoFlags.SetAnimation,
+        animationInfo.CallbackSize,
+        ref animationInfo,
+        0
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}

GlazeWM.Infrastructure/WindowsApi/WindowsApiService.cs

@@ -464,6 +464,37 @@ public struct SystemPowerStatus
     [DllImport("dwmapi.dll")]
     public static extern int DwmSetWindowAttribute(IntPtr handle, uint attribute, ref uint value, uint size);
 
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    public struct AnimationInfo
+    {
+      public uint CallbackSize;
+      public int MinAnimate;
+
+      public bool IsEnabled
+      {
+        readonly get => MinAnimate != 0;
+        set => MinAnimate = value ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+
+      public static AnimationInfo Create(bool isEnabled)
+      {
+        return new()
+        {
+          IsEnabled = isEnabled,
+          CallbackSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(AnimationInfo))
+        };
+      }
+    }
+
+    public enum SystemParametersInfoFlags : uint
+    {
+      GetAnimation = 72,
+      SetAnimation = 73,
+    }
+
+    [DllImport("User32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern bool SystemParametersInfo(SystemParametersInfoFlags uiAction, uint uiParam, ref AnimationInfo pvParam, uint fWinIni);
+
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
     internal static extern bool AttachConsole(uint dwProcessId);