Re: [gtk-list] Questions about child windows

[Alexander Kotelnikov <sacha AK2614 spb edu>]

On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Tom Geiger wrote:

> I have a couple of questions regarding child windows:
> 
> 1) How can you set the child windows position relative to the parent window?
>    (i.e centered in parent window)
> 	I've tried: (simple case ignoring parent window's width for now)
> 
> 		gdk_window_get_position(parent_window, &x, &y);
> 		gtk_widget_set_uposition(child_window, &x + 300, &y + 300);

:) C is a funny language:
                gtk_widget_set_uposition(child_window, x + 300, y + 300);
                                                      ~~~      ~~~
> 
> 	The problem I'm having is that x, and y are not correct. I always
> 	get 16,0 no matter where the parent window is placed. (I was having
> 	problems with the set_uposition untill I made the child_window a 
> 	GTK_WNIDOW_DIALOG rather then TOPLEVEL. It seems the window manager
> 	overides the window position if it's TOPLEVEL.)
> 

> 2) Once I open a child window is there a way to prevent the parent window
> from responding to events untill the child window is closed? (similar to the
> way netscape's preferences window prevents you from accessing the main window)

modal windows?

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Alexander Kotelnikov
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
mailto:sacha@ak2614.spb.edu