Re: How do I make a dialog stay on top of the main window?

[gstrauss <george s3i com>]

Here is how I have done it.  
gtk_window_set_modal(GTK_WIDGET(widget), TRUE);
gtk_grab_add(GTK_WIDGET(widget));
gtk_window_set_transient_for(GTK_WINDOW(widget),GTK_WINDOW(mainwindow));
George

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Nils Rennebarth wrote:

> I want to prevent a modal dialog (showing an error message) to be
> covered by
> the application window which could easily happen if the window manager's
> policy is "focus follows pointer" and "focus auto raise".
>
> How do I hint the wm (assuming it is a rather modern one, say fvwm2,
> sawmill or the like) to make the window stay on top of the main
> application
> window?
>
> Nils
>
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