Re: Dialog Question (Help)

[Shaun McCance <shaunm wolfram com>]

On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 14:42, Harring Figueiredo wrote:
> Folks,
>
>  I created a dialog for Preferences as follows:
>
> dialog = gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons
>                         ("CDStation2 Preferances", NULL,
>                         GTK_DIALOG_MODAL | GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
>                         GTK_STOCK_APPLY, GTK_RESPONSE_APPLY, GTK_STOCK_CLOSE,
>                         GTK_RESPONSE_CLOSE, "Reset", 999, NULL);
>         build_ui();
>         while(1){
>                 rt = gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(settings_ui->dialog));
>                 if(rt == GTK_RESPONSE_APPLY )
>                         g_warning("Apply changes not implemented.");
>                 else{
>                         gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(settings_ui->dialog));
>                         break;
>                 }
>         }
>
>
>  The dialog displays fine; however, while it is running, I press a button to
> create a GtkFileSelection. The file selection gets displayed; however, I am
> able to get a response from it no matter where I click.

That's because you've made your dialog modal.  Modal dialogs generally
suck, and you shouldn't use them unless you have a really, really good
reason.

--
Shaun