Re: use_uposition in gtkwindow.c

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:

> >  yep, i think i tried to get GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER together with auto_shrink=TRUE
> >  correctly going there. iirc, especially the GleSelector (a temporary dialog
> >  in the middle of the screen) looked very ugly upon resizes when it wasn't
> >  recentered.
> 
> If a dialog expands or shrinks, then it is Evil(tm) to recenter it.
> It should only be centered when it is mapped for the first time;
> afterwards, it should expand only to the right or to the bottom.  This
> is per the Macintosh UI Guidelines.

the GleSelector has a window to display certain information while a 
pointer grab is being held. it needs to recenter, since the user can't
move it around if its contents change.

> 
>   Federico
> 

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