Re: How to avoid having the properties dialog pop up *over* the object?

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 22:27 +0100, christian ridderstrom gmail com
wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Lars Clausen wrote:
> 
> > christian ridderstrom gmail com said:
> >> Is there a way to avoid having the properties dialog pop up *over* the
> >> currently selected object?
> >>
> >> This happens quite often to me, so it'd be nice if the dialog could take
> >> into consideration the location of the selected object and pop up to the
> >> side if needed.
> >>
> >> Should I file an enhancement request for this?
> >
> > X doesn't allow absolute positioning of windows, but you can suggest a
> > position.  We don't right now suggest anything, letting the window manager
> > do what the user has asked for.  While it wouldn't be technically
> > impossible to give such hints (though the upcoming multi-object properties
> > makes it trickier), I'm a bit leery of messing with that.
> 
> Ok, I can understand that. This is however one of the more annoying things 
> to me when using Dia regurarly. I often have to fiddle with font size, 
> line widths etc on many objects in order to get a consistent look. More 
> often than not, the dialog pops up in the wrong place.

I know this isn't a fix, but do you have your window manager set up such
that a key combo lets you move a window by clicking anywhere in it?  I
rarely think much of where windows are placed anymore, as moving them
around is dead easy - no time wasted finding a window bar to drag with,
and my left hand is always close to the windows key anyway.

-Lars