Re: Menu accelerators, dots, and modal windows (fwd)

[Kenneth MacDonald <kenny holyrood ed ac uk>]

>>>>> "Max" == Max Watson <redline@intrex.net> writes:

    Max> Ian Peters wrote:
    >>  On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 04:25:08PM -0600, Havoc Pennington
    >> wrote:
    >> 
    >> > Is there some existing way to say "put the dialog on top of
    >> the main > window (and optionally force it to stay there)" - if
    >> not, do any of the > X/Gtk/windowmanager people have
    >> suggestions?  > > Havoc
    >> 
    >> This should be possible - as I said, witness the Preferences
    >> window in Netscape.  The question is, does Gtk do this?
    >> 

    Max> Isn't there a window manager hint in gnome-libs for this?
    Max> Just set the layer of the window you want on top to
    Max> WIN_LAYER_ONTOP.

Motif does it by having an application modal dialogue, as opposed to a
global modal dialogue.  So it must be a MWM hint.

Kenny.
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