The Always on top issue

Hi there!


I've searched the list and only found a thread from 2004, so
I'm 
wondering if there's any way to keep a window always on top
as well as 
getting decorations with it.

Hopefully that's the last part I need for my nifty little
program 

TIA,

Fluff
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hi;

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 11:06 +0100, Fluff wrote:

> I've searched the list and only found a thread from
2004, so I'm 
> wondering if there's any way to keep a window always on
top as well as 
> getting decorations with it.

  $window->set_keep_above()

obviously, it's a hint to the window manager - so it might
not work, if
the WM is unable to comply with the request.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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Den 2007-03-20 11:15, Emmanuele Bassi skrev:
> hi;
>
> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 11:06 +0100, Fluff wrote:
>
>   
>> I've searched the list and only found a thread from
2004, so I'm 
>> wondering if there's any way to keep a window
always on top as well as 
>> getting decorations with it.
>>     
>
>   $window->set_keep_above()
>
> obviously, it's a hint to the window manager - so it
might not work, if
> the WM is unable to comply with the request.
>
> ciao,
>  Emmanuele.
>
>   
Darn, I tried that and it won't work with a
win32-environment :(

/Fluff
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On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 11:18 +0100, Fluff wrote:

> >> I've searched the list and only found a thread
from 2004, so I'm 
> >> wondering if there's any way to keep a window
always on top as well as 
> >> getting decorations with it.
> >>     
> >
> >   $window->set_keep_above()
> >
> > obviously, it's a hint to the window manager - so
it might not work, if
> > the WM is unable to comply with the request.
>    
> Darn, I tried that and it won't work with a
win32-environment :(


if you can, you could write a minimal test case *in C* and
open a bug
inside bugzilla[1] against the win32 component of the gtk+
product.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

+++

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gtk%2B


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On Mar 20, 2007, at 6:06 AM, Fluff wrote:

> I've searched the list and only found a thread from
2004, so I'm
> wondering if there's any way to keep a window always on
top as well as
> getting decorations with it.

Always on top of what, exactly?

If you want always on top of everything, there's $window- 
 >set_keep_above(TRUE), which gives the window manager a
hint and  
therefore may or may not work, and was added in version 2.4
of gtk+.
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/Gt
kWindow.html#id2776074

If you want always on top of a particular window in your
application,  
then $window->set_transient_for ($parent_window) should
do that trick  
in all versions of gtk+.  This makes the window stay above
its parent  
at all times, but does not prevent other windows from
covering it.
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/
GtkWindow.html#gtk-window- 
set-transient-for

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muppet kirjoitti:
> If you want always on top of a particular window in
your application,  
> then $window->set_transient_for ($parent_window)
should do that trick  
> in all versions of gtk+.  This makes the window stay
above its parent  
> at all times, but does not prevent other windows from
covering it.
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/
GtkWindow.html#gtk-window- 
> set-transient-for
>   

Hmm, what am I doing wrong here:

8<------------
use Gtk2 '-init';
my $parent = Gtk2::Window->new;
my $event_box = Gtk2::EventBox->new;
$parent->add($event_box);
$parent->signal_connect(button_press_event =>
&a);
$parent->show_all;
Gtk2->main;

sub a {
    my $dialog = 
Gtk2::MessageDialog->new($parent,'modal','info','close','
foo');
    $dialog->set_transient_for($parent);
    $dialog->run;
    $dialog->destroy;
}
8<------------

because on Windows the message dialog does not stay on top
of the 
parent. Or is it my MinGW platform? Does this work ok in
other Windows 
platforms?

Regards,

Ari

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