[maemo-developers] Non modal dialog

[From: Ross Burton]

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 20:57 +0100, Frédéric Charrier wrote:
> > > what do you mean by "normal" window ?
> > > a GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL ?
> > 
> > Yes, a popup window is only for special rare uses, like tooltips.
> 
> if I use a GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL it appears maximized, and I can't move
> it neither change its size.

Oh I see, you are trying to use GtkWindows as the notes themselves.

Matchbox (the window manager) enforces normal windows to fill the screen
(excluding panels), dialogs are centered and modal, and "popup" windows
are ignored (technically, override redirect windows).  This means that
they don't get decorated and can't be moved by the window manager.

The solution here is to create a top level window for you application,
and then draw the postit notes yourself.  One way would be to create a
widget which draws a postit note and place them inside a GtkFixed or
GtkDrawingArea.

Ross
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