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

[Carlos Pereira <carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt>]

> 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?

gtk_window_set_transient_for (GTK_WINDOW(dialog), GTK_WINDOW(window));

Carlos