Re: Message Box?

["Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm redhat com>]

owt1@cornell.edu writes:
>The basic support for modality is there ... look for functions with
>"grab" in their names. I think I've even tried using it. So the reason
>that the GIMP doesn't use any modality may be more a matter of taste.

If you've made it work, please tell me how.  I used functions with
"grab" in their names, unsuccessfully.  I tried several different
things, and none of them worked.

>(Though applications probably _should_ make simple queries modal -
>it's confusing and possibly dangerous to have confirmation dialogs
>hanging around if the user misses them)

Exactly.

michaelkjohnson

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