On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 09:34 +1000, Michael Wybrow wrote: > Hi, I sent this message to the users list yesterday, but I'm actually > thinking it's more a question for the GTK+ developers. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > I'm looking for a way to make a GtkHandleBox in its torn-off form a transient > window. For inkscape we use GtkHandleBoxes for our toolbars. The fact that > they are non-transient causes several problems. For example, they can easily > sink under the document on Linux and stay above everything (even other > applications) on OS X. > > Is there any reason that windows created by GtkHandleBox aren't transient by > default? This is the behaviour I would expect. > > Is there a simple way to make them transient? Really, I'd suggest not using GtkHandleBox ... in the end, I don't consider it a successful widget. One of the basic problems with GtkHandleBox is that you want to reattach to the *window* rather than to the site where the GtkHandleBox was removed from. You need a "dock" widget that has a more global view of the geometry of the window. Regards, Owen
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