On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:14:47PM +0200, Josef Siemes wrote: > Hi, > > [email protected] 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 ^_^ ^_^ -- 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]
