There is no need for a thread at all. Just create the dialog window with

   GtkWidget *dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new()

or similar and then do gtk_widget_show() on it. ֿIt indeed responds to
events just like any other widget if you set them up properly with
g_signal_connect(). Why do you think that you need a thread for that?

Regards,
Dov

2008/12/1 Ian Puleston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Massonnet
> >
> > "Ian Puleston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit :
> >
> > > > What I want to do is to open a "help" window that the user can keep
> > > > open while they are working in the main app window.
> >
> > You have to set proper window flags on the dialog.  It must not be set
> > as modal, see [1] for this.
>
> In fact I don't create my current help window as a modal dialog window but
> I do use gtk_dialog_run() which effectively makes it modal since the main
> thread is not processing events from the top level window while in there.
>
> So the next question becomes how to run a non-modal dialog window without
> using gtk_dialog_run(). The GtkDialog documentation hints that it's not
> necessary to use gtk_dialog_run() but doesn't say what the alternative is. I
> tried simply creating and showing the dialog window (with just the one
> option - GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT) and then letting the thread return
> to the main loop. But with this I find that although the main window does
> respond to mouse clicks, it stays behind the dialog window while that is
> open. Is there something that I need to do to bring it to the front when its
> clicked on?
>
> Ian
>
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