[Gtk-sharp-list] KeepAbove? is there a "always ontop"? MDI/SDI?

Gert Burger gburger@mweb.co.za
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:55:04 +0200


Hehe, i always post too soon. Found a nice way.

TransientFor is the one i was looking for. With it i create a type of
Window hierarchy, works perfectly.

Thanks in anycase.

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 09:35 +0200, Gert Burger wrote:
> Isn't there a way to create a window inside of another window? On
> windows on can create "child" windows, i suppose gtk should have
> something similiar?
> 
> Thanks, again.
> 
> On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 09:44 -0500, Dan Winship wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 04:58 +0200, Gert Burger wrote:
> > > Im busy writing a program which need atleast one window to be the
> > > topmost always, atleast when the program is active and maximized.
> > > 
> > > Another requirement is that the parent window or main application window
> > > must still be able to accept user input via mouse events etc(which are
> > > meant for the parent window).
> > > 
> > > Therefore modals seem out of the question, is there another way?
> > 
> > Yes. Check out the Gtk.Window.TypeHint property:
> > 
> > http://www.go-mono.com/docs/index.aspx?link=P%3aGtk.Window.TypeHint
> > 
> > I think you probably want to set it to Gdk.WindowTypeHint.Utility.
> > 
> > -- Dan
> > 
> > 
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