From 9287fb6c4e3e1409650a384df5ada76b0e27e986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 08:00:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gh-66331: Set correct WM_CLASS on X11 for IDLE windows

Set the WM_CLASS of IDLE's long-lived windows (window-list windows and
the stack viewers) to "Idle" instead of the default "Toplevel", so that
window managers group and label them correctly.
---
 Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_stackviewer.py                    | 2 ++
 Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_window.py                         | 5 +++++
 Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py                                       | 2 +-
 Lib/idlelib/stackviewer.py                                   | 2 +-
 Lib/idlelib/window.py                                        | 4 ++++
 .../next/IDLE/2026-07-01-00-00-00.gh-issue-66331.wMcLaS.rst  | 3 +++
 6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-07-01-00-00-00.gh-issue-66331.wMcLaS.rst

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_stackviewer.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_stackviewer.py
index 2434d38e4ffe83..341f158031d5f4 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_stackviewer.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_stackviewer.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def test_init(self):
         isi(stackviewer.sc, ScrolledCanvas)
         isi(stackviewer.item, stackviewer.StackTreeItem)
         isi(stackviewer.node, TreeNode)
+        top = stackviewer.sc.frame.winfo_toplevel()
+        self.assertEqual(top.winfo_class(), 'Idle')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_window.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_window.py
index 9b56d321a407d6..d8a77817205dc3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_window.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_window.py
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ def test_init(self):
         win = window.ListedToplevel(self.root)
         self.assertIn(win, window.registry)
         self.assertEqual(win.focused_widget, win)
+        self.assertEqual(win.winfo_class(), 'Idle')
+
+    def test_init_class_override(self):
+        win = window.ListedToplevel(self.root, class_='Other')
+        self.assertEqual(win.winfo_class(), 'Other')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py b/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
index b1662491935e4a..a07d14d919895c 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def remote_stack_viewer(self):
             return
         item = debugobj_r.StubObjectTreeItem(self.rpcclt, oid)
         from idlelib.tree import ScrolledCanvas, TreeNode
-        top = Toplevel(self.tkconsole.root)
+        top = Toplevel(self.tkconsole.root, class_='Idle')
         theme = idleConf.CurrentTheme()
         background = idleConf.GetHighlight(theme, 'normal')['background']
         sc = ScrolledCanvas(top, bg=background, highlightthickness=0)
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/stackviewer.py b/Lib/idlelib/stackviewer.py
index 95042d4debdc03..268e2f1daeb98c 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/stackviewer.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/stackviewer.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 def StackBrowser(root, exc, flist=None, top=None):
     global sc, item, node  # For testing.
     if top is None:
-        top = tk.Toplevel(root)
+        top = tk.Toplevel(root, class_='Idle')
     sc = ScrolledCanvas(top, bg="white", highlightthickness=0)
     sc.frame.pack(expand=1, fill="both")
     item = StackTreeItem(exc, flist)
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/window.py b/Lib/idlelib/window.py
index 460d5b67948dde..a41d69927dcdd5 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/window.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/window.py
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ def call_callbacks(self):
 class ListedToplevel(Toplevel):
 
     def __init__(self, master, **kw):
+        # Set the WM_CLASS property so that X11 window managers group and
+        # label IDLE's windows under 'Idle' instead of the default
+        # 'Toplevel' (gh-66331).  It matches the class name passed to Tk().
+        kw.setdefault('class_', 'Idle')
         Toplevel.__init__(self, master, kw)
         registry.add(self)
         self.focused_widget = self
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-07-01-00-00-00.gh-issue-66331.wMcLaS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-07-01-00-00-00.gh-issue-66331.wMcLaS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e00e7c7d8fdc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2026-07-01-00-00-00.gh-issue-66331.wMcLaS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Set the ``WM_CLASS`` window property of IDLE's windows to ``Idle`` on X11,
+so that window managers group and label them correctly instead of using the
+default ``Toplevel``.