[PD] openpanel window popup behaviour

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

There is also an issue with how metacity window manager treats  
windows.  You can get around using [wm group .] This is added to Pd- 
extended 0.42.5 and pd GUI rewrite.

I found out this thing here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514115

And committed it here:
http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data?view=rev&revision=11888

.hc

On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, glerm soares wrote:
>
>> Is the openpanel popup window for choosing files default behaviour  
>> to appear back from the window you are running your patch?
>
> This is because in Pd, all dialogue windows are declared as  
> "transient" windows of the main window.
>
> ... Whereas in Dd, each dialogue window is declared as a "transient"  
> window of the window that had the focus at the moment of window  
> creation. This should be what you want it to be 99% of the time.
>
> "Transient" window means a window can't go under a certain other.  
> This is supposed to be used for temporary windows that are  
> associated to another "non-temporary" window in particular. It  
> seemed to me like the consensus of the nineties was to ignore this  
> setting, and at one point the new generation of window managers  
> (which became default in linux distros) all supported the feature.
>
>> Strange that in ubuntu-gnome with compiz working the default  
>> behaviour is not that because the window is poping up in front of  
>> all patches. That's the more desirable, but seems that's it is  
>> dependent of desktop configs?
>
> There are differences in how the concept of "transience" is  
> interpreted. Logically, IMHO, if focussing on a transient window  
> shall raise that window, it shall also raise its "parent" window up  
> to just under itself (except for any other transient windows of that  
> parent, that have to stay on top of the parent anyway).
>
>> Is there anyway to assure the openpanel window will popup in front  
>> of the running patch window?
>
> Yes, look in desire.tk...
>
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