From 54cdd8501574eb8ec5e1b39a15fabde53e728a17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: IoIxD <alphaproject217@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 13:06:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] coords

---
 include/Mw/Core.h     |  5 +++++
 include/Mw/LowLevel.h |  1 +
 include/Mw/TypeDefs.h |  6 ++++++
 src/backend/wayland.c |  4 ++++
 src/core.c            |  8 ++++++++
 src/widget/submenu.c  | 16 ++++++++++++----
 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/Mw/Core.h b/include/Mw/Core.h
index e714a32..cd7cabd 100644
--- a/include/Mw/Core.h
+++ b/include/Mw/Core.h
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ MWDECL void MwGetCursorCoord(MwWidget handle, MwPoint* point);
  */
 MWDECL void MwGetScreenSize(MwWidget handle, MwRect* rect);
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Reports whether a widget reports global or local coordinates upon GetXY/SetXY. Anything with a parent reports local, and most backends report global coordinates being supported for top level windows, but some (Wayland) do not.
+ */
+MWDECL int MwGetCoordinateType(MwWidget handle);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/Mw/LowLevel.h b/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
index 3c8bdf7..c748bf9 100644
--- a/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
+++ b/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct _MwLLCommon {
 	void* user;
 	int   copy_buffer;
 	int   type;
+	int   coordinate_type;
 
 	MwLLHandler handler;
 };
diff --git a/include/Mw/TypeDefs.h b/include/Mw/TypeDefs.h
index caf3887..6434f52 100644
--- a/include/Mw/TypeDefs.h
+++ b/include/Mw/TypeDefs.h
@@ -219,4 +219,10 @@ struct _MwClass {
 	void*			   reserved4;
 };
 
+/* Whether or not GetXY/SetXY works with global or local coordinates */
+enum MwCoordinateType {
+	MwCoordinatesGlobal = 0,
+	MwCoordinatesLocal,
+};
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/backend/wayland.c b/src/backend/wayland.c
index f6532fa..68aab8e 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland.c
@@ -1344,6 +1344,10 @@ static MwLL MwLLCreateImpl(MwLL parent, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
 	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
 	MwLLCreateCommon(r);
 
+	/* Wayland does not report global coordinates ever. Compositors are not even expected to have knowledge of this.
+	 */
+	r->common.coordinate_type = MwCoordinatesLocal;
+
 	r->common.type = MwLLBackendWayland;
 
 	if(width < 2) width = 2;
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 3d41a36..d47e3b8 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -797,3 +797,11 @@ void MwGetCursorCoord(MwWidget handle, MwPoint* point) {
 void MwGetScreenSize(MwWidget handle, MwRect* rect) {
 	MwLLGetScreenSize(handle->lowlevel, rect);
 }
+
+int MwGetCoordinateType(MwWidget handle) {
+	if(handle->parent == NULL) {
+		return handle->lowlevel->common.coordinate_type;
+	} else {
+		return MwCoordinatesLocal;
+	}
+};
diff --git a/src/widget/submenu.c b/src/widget/submenu.c
index 54ee8ea..f05c573 100644
--- a/src/widget/submenu.c
+++ b/src/widget/submenu.c
@@ -183,10 +183,18 @@ static void mwSubMenuAppearImpl(MwWidget handle, MwMenu menu, MwPoint* point, in
 	MwLLMakeToolWindow(handle->lowlevel);
 	MwLLDetach(handle->lowlevel, &p);
 
-	if(MwGetInteger(handle, MwNy) + sz.height > rc.height) {
-		MwVaApply(handle,
-			  MwNy, rc.height - sz.height,
-			  NULL);
+	if(handle->lowlevel->common.coordinate_type == MwCoordinatesGlobal) {
+		if(MwGetInteger(handle, MwNy) + sz.height > rc.height) {
+			MwVaApply(handle,
+				  MwNy, rc.height - sz.height,
+				  NULL);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if(MwGetInteger(handle, MwNy) > sz.height) {
+			MwVaApply(handle,
+				  MwNy, sz.height,
+				  NULL);
+		}
 	}
 
 	MwLLEndStateChange(handle->lowlevel);