On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:48:05AM +1200, Karl. wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this is off-topic, but I don't think there is a better place to > ask this than here. > > I'm starting out with writing Tkinter applications (ie. the Python > binding to Tk). Trying to make a dialog box that automatically 'floats' > rather than being 'tiled'. > > I can do this with a dwm rule, but I'd like to do have it happen > automatically if possible. Does anyone here know what I have to pass to > Tkinter to get this happen?
You should set the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR hint to the dialog window. That's the proper ICCCM-compliant way. > I thought the 'transient' method was the relevant thing, but it doesn't > seem to be. It is, the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property should contain the main window id. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
