>I have dialogs that are modal which means none of
>my GUI works until they are closed. If someone happens
>to cover the dialog up though, it makes the user
>think as if the GUI has just stopped responding.
you just provided a very succint summary of why many people believe
a modal window to be A Very Bad Thing.
my own preference (1) design things so that modal windows are not
necessary and/or (2) use GTK_WINDOW_POPUP as the window type which
will keep it on top (if the WM plays along), i believe.
--p
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