RE: [gtk-list] Re: Center a window

[Stefan Jeske <jeske braunschweig netsurf de>]

On 08-Nov-97 Federico Mena wrote:
>>  What's the best way to center a window (e.g. a dialog) on the screen ?
> 
> Try the following:
> 
>       gtk_window_position(mywindow, GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);

That was the first I tried... doesn't work.

If i use

  window = gtk_dialog_new ();
  [...]
  gtk_window_position ((GtkWindow*)window, GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
  gtk_widget_show(window);

the window gets placed randomly.

The only thing that seems to work is :

  window = gtk_dialog_new ();
  [...]
  gtk_widget_show (window);
  gtk_widget_set_uposition (window,
                 (gdk_screen_width()-window->requisition.width)/2,
                 gtk_screen_height()-window->requisition.height)/2);

But: you can see the window pop up somewhere and then center, and the
window manager decorations are not included in the calculations. :-(
Calling gtk_widget_set_uposition before showing doesn't work.

Ciao,
  Stefan