toggle modeless / modal

Keybinding to ungrab keyboard and mouse while drawing remains at the top.
To be aware that this create some problems with the shell (DnD #1 and maybe more ?).

related to #6, #9, #20, #24, #33

draw.js

@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@ var DrawingArea = new Lang.Class({
             this.setPointerCursor('MOVE_OR_RESIZE_WINDOW');
     },
     
+    initPointerCursor: function() {
+        this.currentPointerCursorName = null;
+        this.updatePointerCursor();
+    },
+    
     _stopTextCursorTimeout: function() {
         if (this.textCursorTimeoutId) {
             GLib.source_remove(this.textCursorTimeoutId);

extension.js

@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ var AreaManager = new Lang.Class({
                               Shell.ActionMode.ALL,
                               this.eraseDrawing.bind(this));
         
+        Main.wm.addKeybinding('toggle-modal',
+                              this.settings,
+                              Meta.KeyBindingFlags.NONE,
+                              Shell.ActionMode.ALL,
+                              this.toggleModal.bind(this));
+        
         this.updateAreas();
         this.monitorChangedHandler = Main.layoutManager.connect('monitors-changed', this.updateAreas.bind(this));
         
@@ -306,53 +312,78 @@ var AreaManager = new Lang.Class({
         }
     },
     
-    toggleDrawing: function() {
-        if (this.activeArea) {
-            let activeIndex = this.areas.indexOf(this.activeArea);
-            let activeContainer = this.activeArea.get_parent();
-            let save = activeIndex == Main.layoutManager.primaryIndex && this.settings.get_boolean('persistent-drawing');
-            
-            if (this.hiddenList)
-                this.togglePanelAndDockOpacity();
-            
-            setCursor('DEFAULT');
-            if (!this.osdDisabled)
-                this.showOsd(null, this.leaveGicon, _("Leaving drawing mode"));
-            
-            Main.popModal(this.activeArea);
-            this.removeInternalKeybindings();
-            this.activeArea.reactive = false;
-            this.activeArea.leaveDrawingMode(save);
-            this.activeArea = null;
-            
-            activeContainer.get_parent().remove_actor(activeContainer);
+    toggleContainer: function() {
+        if (!this.activeArea)
+            return;
+        
+        let activeContainer = this.activeArea.get_parent();
+        let activeIndex = this.areas.indexOf(this.activeArea);
+        
+        if (activeContainer.get_parent() == Main.uiGroup) {
+            Main.uiGroup.remove_actor(activeContainer);
             Main.layoutManager._backgroundGroup.insert_child_above(activeContainer, Main.layoutManager._bgManagers[activeIndex].backgroundActor);
             if (!this.settings.get_boolean("drawing-on-desktop")) 
                 activeContainer.hide();
         } else {
-            // avoid to deal with Meta changes (global.display/global.screen)
-            let currentIndex = Main.layoutManager.monitors.indexOf(Main.layoutManager.currentMonitor);
-            let activeContainer = this.areas[currentIndex].get_parent();
-            
-            activeContainer.get_parent().remove_actor(activeContainer);
+            Main.layoutManager._backgroundGroup.remove_actor(activeContainer);
             Main.uiGroup.add_child(activeContainer);
-            
+        }
+    },
+    
+    toggleModal: function() {
+        if (!this.activeArea)
+            return;
+        
+        if (Main.actionMode & DRAWING_ACTION_MODE) {
+            Main.popModal(this.activeArea);
+            setCursor('DEFAULT');
+            this.activeArea.reactive = false;
+            this.removeInternalKeybindings();
+        } else {
             // add Shell.ActionMode.NORMAL to keep system keybindings enabled (e.g. Alt + F2 ...)
-            if (!Main.pushModal(this.areas[currentIndex], { actionMode: DRAWING_ACTION_MODE | Shell.ActionMode.NORMAL }))
-                return;
-            this.activeArea = this.areas[currentIndex];
+            if (!Main.pushModal(this.activeArea, { actionMode: DRAWING_ACTION_MODE | Shell.ActionMode.NORMAL }))
+                return false;
             this.addInternalKeybindings();
             this.activeArea.reactive = true;
-            this.activeArea.enterDrawingMode();
+            this.activeArea.initPointerCursor();
+        }
+        
+        return true;
+    },
+    
+    toggleDrawing: function() {
+        if (this.activeArea) {
+            let activeIndex = this.areas.indexOf(this.activeArea);
+            let save = activeIndex == Main.layoutManager.primaryIndex && this.settings.get_boolean('persistent-drawing');
             
-            setCursor('POINTING_HAND');
+            this.showOsd(null, this.leaveGicon, _("Leaving drawing mode"));
+            this.activeArea.leaveDrawingMode(save);
+            if (this.hiddenList)
+                this.togglePanelAndDockOpacity();
+            
+            if (Main.actionMode & DRAWING_ACTION_MODE)
+                this.toggleModal();
+            this.toggleContainer();
+            this.activeArea = null;
+        } else {
+            // avoid to deal with Meta changes (global.display/global.screen)
+            let currentIndex = Main.layoutManager.monitors.indexOf(Main.layoutManager.currentMonitor);
+            this.activeArea = this.areas[currentIndex];
+            this.toggleContainer();
+            if (!this.toggleModal()) {
+                this.toggleContainer();
+                this.activeArea = null;
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            this.activeArea.enterDrawingMode();
             this.osdDisabled = this.settings.get_boolean('osd-disabled');
             let label = _("<small>Press <i>%s</i> for help</small>").format(this.activeArea.helper.helpKeyLabel) + "\n\n" + _("Entering drawing mode");
             this.showOsd(null, this.enterGicon, label, null, null, true);
         }
         
         if (this.indicator)
-            this.indicator.sync(this.activeArea != null);
+            this.indicator.sync(Boolean(this.activeArea));
     },
     
     // Use level -1 to set no level through a signal.
@@ -482,6 +513,7 @@ var AreaManager = new Lang.Class({
             this.toggleDrawing();
         Main.wm.removeKeybinding('toggle-drawing');
         Main.wm.removeKeybinding('erase-drawing');
+        Main.wm.removeKeybinding('toggle-modal');
         this.removeAreas();
         if (this.indicator)
             this.indicator.disable();

locale/draw-on-your-screen.pot

@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Erase all drawings"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Toggle modeless/modal"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: INTERNAL_KEYBINDINGS
 
 msgid "Undo last brushstroke"

prefs.js

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const MARGIN = 10;
 
 var GLOBAL_KEYBINDINGS = {
     'toggle-drawing': "Enter/leave drawing mode",
-    'erase-drawing': "Erase all drawings"
+    'erase-drawing': "Erase all drawings",
+    'toggle-modal': "Toggle modeless/modal"
 };
 
 var INTERNAL_KEYBINDINGS = {

schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.draw-on-your-screen.gschema.xml

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
       <summary>erase drawing</summary>
       <description>erase drawing</description>
     </key>
+    <key type="as" name="toggle-modal">
+      <default>["&lt;Primary&gt;&lt;Alt&gt;&lt;Super&gt;d"]</default>
+      <summary>toggle modeless/modal</summary>
+      <description>toggle modeless/modal</description>
+    </key>
     <key type="as" name="undo">
       <default>["&lt;Primary&gt;z"]</default>
       <summary>undo</summary>