On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On 24/10/2007, Graeme Geldenhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I switched from Gnome to FVWM. I've noticed that now some dialogs
> > show without a title bar.
> > Is this a X11 feature implemented in FVWM and not in Gnome? A possible
> > bug in FVWM - which one is correct? Anybody know what attribute
> > (property) in Lazarus TForm controls the visibility of the titlebar?
>
>
> OK, I finally found the answer to this question. I narrowed it down
> to *modal forms* not have a titlebar or borders on them, so you
> couldn't move or resize them. This only occurred under FVWM2 and was
> very annoying.
>
> Anyway, the issue is when a modal form (under X11) is set via the
> transient window hint. To correct this annoying behaviour under FVWM2
> you have to tell the window manager to also decorate transient
> windows.
>
> In my setup, I had to edit the ~/.fvwm/globalfeel file and uncomment the line:
> Style * DecorateTransient
>
>
> Restart the window manager and modal forms now look normal!!! ;-)
> I thought I would share this tip for anybody else experiencing this
> issue under FVWM window manager. Should we maybe place this on a wiki
> page somewhere?
I think this would be good. Lots of 'bugs' in Lazarus/LCL are actually
window manager things. Such as 'Ctrl-F9' for 'run' not working, because
the window manager catches it to jump to desktop number 9, before Lazarus
even sees the keystroke...
Michael.
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