Re: [gtkmm] Window questions

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

>GTK+ 2.4 and gtkmm 2.4 have new methods to _keep_ things above or below:
>http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Window.h
>tml#a101
>(gtkmm 2.4 doesn't have the new GTK+ docs yet)
>http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/gtk+/gtk/gtkwindow.c#5935
>
>To just bring something to the front once, use
>Gtk::Window::raise()

this is definitely more straightforward for Gtk::Window widgets that
the get_window().raise() approach.

>I'm not sure about the taskbar, but preference dialogs and tool pallettes
>are definitely not meant to appear in the list of running applications. The
>GTK+ guys will be able to give more accurate advice.

the top level windows should be of type GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG, i believe.

--p