Re: Titlebars and No Titlebars

[Owen Taylor <otaylor gtk org>]

"Brian C. Lane" <nexus@tatoosh.com> writes:

>   I have another problem (I solved the -geometry question myself by using
> XParseGeometry and setting the position).
> 
>   My new problem is this:
> 
>   I want the main window of XfreeCD to have no title bar and no resize
> handles. I can do this using a _POPUP window type -- BUT then it doesn't
> show up in the window list and the window manager's move command doesn't
> work on it (although I do have a right-click & drag that does work).
> 
>   I also have a few other windows that can be opened, and I want these to
> have titlebars so they can be moved and resized easily.
> 
>   I could let the user turn off titlebars using the window manager, but
> then ALL the windows don't have titlebars.
> 
>   So the question is:
> 
>   How can I selectivly turn off the titlebar and resize handles of my main
> window, leaving them active for the other dialogs that the program
> creates?

Assuming that your window manager supports the MWM hints. (Many
do, including all fvwm derivatives), it will work to do:

  gtk_widget_realize (my_window);
  gdk_window_set_decorations (my_window->window, 0);

This is what the handlebox does.

Regards,
                                        Owen