Re: [gtk-list] Re: semi modal window ;-)

[Marc van Kempen <marc bowtie nl>]

> >Ok, after reading several FAQ's and the source to some degree I understand
> >that modal windows are considered a nono, but having to deal with ignorant
> >users, I have to compensate for their lack of a clue and would like to do
> >so by at least forcing a particular input window to always remain on top.
> 
> You *should* be able to do it by giving it the `dialogue' window type. Then it 
> should always be kept above the application's top-level windows. I don't know 
> if GTK actually supports this, however; Motif certainly does (and GTK's better 
> than Motif, right?).
> 

My thoughts exactly, however this does not work. 

According to the source for GDK:

  switch (private->window_type)
    {
    case GDK_WINDOW_DIALOG:
      XSetTransientForHint (private->xdisplay, private->xwindow, xparent);


According to man XSetTransientForHint():

PROPERTIES
       WM_TRANSIENT_FOR
                 Set by application programs to indicate to the
                 window manager that a transient top-level win-
                 dow, such as a dialog box.


So this should work according to the documentation, and Netscape seems
to able to pull it off, so what's the magic incantation?

Marc.

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