Re: issues for future version

[Philipp Lohmann <Philipp Lohmann sun com>]

Am 31.08.01, 11:53:50, schrieb Matthias Clasen <matthiasc poet de> zum 
Thema Re: issues for future version:


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philipp Lohmann" <Philipp Lohmann sun com>
> To: <wm-spec-list gnome org>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:21 AM
> Subject: Re: issues for future version


> > Am 30.08.01, 18:55:10, schrieb Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> zum Thema
> > Re: issues for future version:
> >
> >
> > > Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us writes:
> > > > TOPMOST_LAYER or BOTTOMMOST_LAYER, but instead something like
> > > > KEEP_HIGH_PROFILE/KEEP_LOW_PROFILE.
> > > >
> > > > Again I'm not a strong supporter of that stuff, just merely trying to
> > > > accomodate other's opinions, so I won't fight for that feature.
> >
> > > I've don't remember the use-case for these hints. What sort of app
> > > should use them?
> >
> > This would e.g. be useful when you have dialogues that apply for multiple
> > documents (e.g. the status window of an Input Method). This would be a
> > little like transient but for multiple windows. But it is not really the
> > same: I'd like to have the possibility to advise the window manager like
> > "this is a window that should not be hidden by my other windows" which
> > would be specific to a window group and should not interfere with another
> > window group. But perhaps there are applications that want a window in
> > front of ALL other windows.

> Isn't this exactly what the "enhanced support for application transient
> windows"
> talks about in the "Implementation notes" section of the current spec ?

I'm not sure, that's why i wrote. Would this really that this window is 
not hidden by any other in the window group ? Would the window group 
transient window be moved with a currently active window to another 
virtual desktop ?

Regards, Philipp