Thanks Greg! This is exactly what the problem was... as usual you have been a great help.
-Jeff > On 10/25/11 14:39, Jeff Paranich wrote: > > I've somehow worked around this issue before, thinking I understood what > > was going on... now I'm not so sure I understand much of anything! > > > > Say I have two classes... > > fooA which subclasses Fl_Window > > fooB which also subclass Fl_Window > > > > And, fooA will instantiate fooB > > The problem is when I call show() on fooB from within fooA, the fooB window > > inlays into the fooA window (there is no OS toolbar on the top to > > click/move/resize/close/minimize the window, no window frame, etc). > > If you want to create fooB within the methods of fooA, but > want it to be a /separate/ window (not one inside the other), > then don't use begin()/end() around it. > > So instead of: > > begin(); > fooBptr = new fooB(0,0,200,200,"FooB Window"); > end(); > > ..which will make fooB a child window of fooA, > you would instead want, I think: > > begin(); > // any stuff here EXCEPT creating fooB > end(); // end definition of > fooA > Fl::current(0); // disable parenting > fooBptr = new fooB(0,0,200,200,"FooB Window"); // create fooB > unparented > > ..so that fooB isn't parented to fooA, but is instead > a separate window. _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
