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)

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