On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:39:34PM +0200, Josef Siemes wrote: > Hi, > > I have some problem with transient windows, e.g. in netscape (4.79), also > in java applications. > > If I have some transients started from the application the transients > sometimes manage > to get behind the main window. For Netscape e.g.: > Netscape -> Settings -> Cache -> Cache Directory. You'll get the main window > and > two transients. The problem is: If I click on the title bar from the main > netscape > window the second transient (the file-browser) goes behind netscape, while > the first transient (the settings window) stays in front of the main window. > Since netscape wants to have something in the file browser the rest of the > windows > are unusable, and the one that's usable is hidden by the others. So I want to > have > the file browser before the main window regardless of what I'm doing, or > better: all > transients in front of the main window. > > Is there any fvwm function that I missed to avoid this? Or do I have to look > somewhere > else to get this? > > BTW, I use fvwm 2.4.6, 2.4.9 shows the same effect. > In fvwm2rc I have the following things that (AFAIK) refer to transients: > MenuStyle * mwm > Style * MWMButtons, MWMFunctions, MWMDecor, HintOverride > Style * DecorateTransient > Style * RaiseTransient > Style * LowerTransient > Style * StackTransientParent
There is little you can do about it. Transients of transients are a very rare case. 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. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: 0721/91374-382 Schlund + Partner AG, Erbprinzenstr. 4-12, D-76133 Karlsruhe -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
