Re: how to make a GTK widget get fully focus and how to get its window state ?

[David Nečas <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 07:56:24PM +0800, Aaron Lewis wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I got two questions relating a GTK widget:
> 	
> 	1. How can i get a window state ? i mean , a GTkWidget , i tried
> 	these code and didn't got a reply:
> 
> 	void message_received_cb () {
> 		// I got this printed on screen
> 		g_print ( "Message Received , Starting up GUI" );
> 
> 		switch ( gdk_window_get_state ( GDK_WINDOW(gpAppFrame->window) ) ) {
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_WITHDRAWN: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_WITHDRAWN");
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED");
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_MAXIMIZED: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_MAXIMIZED");
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY");
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN");
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE");
> 			case GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BELOW: g_print ("GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BELOW");
> 		}


This won't work because GdkWindowState is a set of *flags* so multiple
can be set at once (though some combinations are unlikely).  You have to
test (state & GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED) for the iconified state, for
instance.

> 	2. How can i force a program to be the "current" program , namely ,
> 	it didn't get the focus of user , and i want it to get the focus ,
> 	and make all other programs below it.

Probably you mean gtk_window_present().

Yeti