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

[christian ridderstrom gmail com]

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.

Best regards
/Christian

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