Re: setting a dialog to popup instead of toplevel

[salsaman <salsaman gmail com>]

Maybe something like this ?

gtk_window_set_decorated(GTK_WINDOW(dialog),FALSE);
gtk_window_set_resizable (GTK_WINDOW (dialog), FALSE);
gtk_window_set_deletable(GTK_WINDOW(dialog), FALSE);


Regards,
Salsaman.


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On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Nicola Fontana <ntd entidi it> wrote:
> Il Sat, 2 Feb 2013 10:52:15 +0000 Chris Morley <chrisinnanaimo hotmail com> scrisse:
>> Are you referring to the comment about the limitations of using popup
>> rather then toplevel (the window manager ignores it) that doesn't seem
>> to be a big disadvantage that I can see at this time.
>
> It also disables the wm keybindings. And if your user switches
> application when the filechooser is opened, I suspect that dialog
> will stay on top forever. To be verified though.
>
> Fullscreen applications are weird beasts.
>
>> I know nothing about wmclasses so I will do some research.
>> Of course the other problem is the end user can change the window manager
>> so I am looking for a solution that will work no matter what.
>
> I was thinking (for unknown reasons) you were working on a whole
> system, not on an application. This makes my suggestions on
> tackling the problem from the window manager side pretty useless.
>
> wmclasses are a way to identify sets of windows so you'll be able
> to set hints on them from outside the application, for example by
> using an external program such as wmctrl.
>
> Ciao.
> --
> Nicola
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