On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Guenter Milde wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:24:44 +0200 (EET) wrote Tuukka Toivonen ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >When I minimize some LyX dialog, LyX main window gets > > >minimized also. I don't want this because then I have > > > > Me fool, it's not so. The LyX window *does* stay > > maximized, but it is moved bottommost among other > > windows, and that's the reason it disappears when > > I minimize a dialog: another window that was previously > > behind the LyX main window becomes above it. > > And that's IceWM issue, sure. > > It's not only IceWM but also KDE :-( > > In KDE, > > - the dialog window _always_ is on top of the corresponding LyX window, > also if the focus is on the main LyX window. > - it does not have the maximize/resize and iconize buttons > - it does not appear in the task-bar > - when I iconize using a keybord short-cut, it moves in the background > (not taking LyX with it) but as soon as I give the focus to the main LyX > window, it is on top again > > AFAIK this is a xforms issue. (still could be related to the window not > having its own name -- may be the next LyX version could give the dialogs > names?)
The above list of features are those that your window manager assigns to transient windows. Almost all, if not all, dialogs in LyX are defined to be transient. > Yet this is the reason I don't use things like the math-panel and eagerly > wait for the KLyX to reappear. Then you will be probably be stuck with modal dialogs if the interface works the way the old KLyX worked. > > I still don't understand why other programs don't behave similarly. > > Did you try with any other xforms program? It is not an xforms problem but one of how your window manager treats transient windows. Allan. (ARRae)
