RE: Default Button/mouse suggestion

["Gerry Chu" <gerrychu bigfoot com>]

If you're using sawmill/fish you can go into "Matched Windows," add the
panel, and set the "avoided" property, which I believe, will fix it.  Should
be set by default, IMO.

Gerry Chu
gerrychu@bigfoot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnome-gui-list-admin@gnome.org
> [mailto:gnome-gui-list-admin@gnome.org]On Behalf Of thristian@atdot.org
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 4:44 PM
> To: gnome-gui-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: Default Button/mouse suggestion
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>
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 01:17:46AM +0200, Guillermo S. Romero /
> Familia Romero wrote:
> > Jumpy cursors are bad. You become mad figuring where it has
> gone. Placing
> > below the cursor is a good solution, and there is no problem
> about edges, if
> > same tactic than with menus is used (it tries to place but if edge is a
> > problem it places near). For opt1 / opt2 (Close / Cancel), I
> think it is not
> > bad, for things with more options, better place the window so
> the center is
> > below the cursor.
>
> GNOME already does the "pop up dialog at cursor position" thing. I
> know, 'cos I have it turned on right here. The only poor thing about
> it is that when I do "Properties..." on a panel applet, the dialog is
> created under the panel, and I have to move it away in order to use
> it.
>
> If it could be clipped to the panel as well as to the screen edge,
> that would be much nicer..
>
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