severity 514115 normal thanks On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Miguel Filgueiras <[email protected]> wrote: > > Applications implemented in Tcl/Tk and in Python using Tkinter > fail to raise their own toplevel windows when working under the Metacity > window manager. This is the case with gpsman and the practical result > is that part of its functionality is broken (e.g., buttons that do > nothing) and users can be unaware of new toplevels that are created > under existing windows and are not visible by failing to be raised. > > You can retrieve small tests in Tcl/Tk and Python from > > http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/tmp/testraise.tcl
I confirm that this test doesn't work in Metacity (but works in Sawfish). > > I submitted a bug report to Bugzilla > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567528 There's a comment in Gnome bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567528#c10) which gives possible workaround. Appears that Metacity doesn't understand that these three toplevels belong to the same application. But adding [wm group $w .] after creating toplevel $w makes Metacity happy. The attached modified test script works in Metacity too. So, I wouldn't blaim Tk developers for this behavior. Though it'd probably better to add a few words about [raise] behavior to raise manpage. And certainly the severity of this bug isn't "important". Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan
testraise2.tcl
Description: Tcl script
