Re: Ordering windows on the desktop

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:30 PM, ofey aikon wrote:

> I do have another related question. I do not want the childwindow to
> be seen on the taskbar. I set the following.
>
> $childwindow->set_skip_taskbar_hint(TRUE);
> $childwindow->set_skip_pager_hint(TRUE);
>
> But it still can be seen in the alt-tab list for switching windows. Is
> there any way I can get rid of it from that list too.

Buggy window manager?  The taskbar hint really is just a hint; it  
relies on the window manager paying attention to conventions.


> I cannot use window type of 'popup' due to a lot of other reasons.
> (Grabbing focus etc).

I think what you want is

  # BEFORE the window is realized or shown
  $window->set_type_hint ('dialog');

or just use Gtk2::Dialog.

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