On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:14:47PM +0200, Josef Siemes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> fvwm_at_fvwm.org schrieb am 03.09.02 11:06:51:
> > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:39:34PM +0200, Josef Siemes wrote:
> > > I have some problem with transient windows, e.g. in netscape (4.79), also
> > > in java applications.
> >
> > There is little you can do about it. Transients of transients are
> > a very rare case.
>
> Thanks, now I know that I don't have to search for it any further. :-(
>
> I think that multiple transients from one main window are used, while
> they are indeed rare. Example is netscape, I think that there are other
> examples that pop up a transient prompting for something, and if you
> enter something wrong they pop up an additional transient
> telling that. That's the problem with the java application I noted above
>
> > Back when we wrote that code we felt it wasn't
> > worth to take care of that case as it requires a whole lot more
> > work (on the machine) to do. If it's a problem I'll eventually
> > get around to implement it.
>
> I have users that manage to get the second transient behind the main window,
> and then they think that the application crashed. I already activated to show
> transients in the fvwmtaskbar, but it seems that's not enough.
>
> So it would be nice to have some function that keeps the transients before
> the main window.
Well, you could put these windows on a higher layer, but you have
to do it manually for each one:
Style fileBrowser_popup staysontop
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Tue Sep 03 2002 - 06:32:25 BST