[maemo-developers] Non modal dialog

[From: Frédéric Charrier]

> Only dialogs without a parent are made system modal by the window
> manager as otherwise user could lose them (as dialogs are not
> listed
> in the task navigator, there's no way to return system dialog once
> an application would be topped above one).  This behaviour can be
> disabled by modifying the Matchbox window manager command line
> args.
 
If I specify a parent for my dialog I get a non modal one, but I
still
can't move it. Is it the normal behavior ?


> For application dialogs (dialogs that are trancient to some
> application
> window), it's up to application whether the dialog is modal or not.
> Our Style Guide states that they should be modal, but nothing's
> forcing it, app just needs to us Gtk properly (not to call the
> dialog convenience function that effectively makes it modal by
> creating a new main loop for the dialog).
 
What do you mean exactly by "not to call the dialog convenience
function" ? You mean that I must include a specific loop to make my
dialog non modal ?
If it's the case, will my main window be accessible during this loop
?
 
Thank you for your fast answers
Frédéric


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