Re: [E-devel] Elementary and dialog windows

[Sebastian D. <sd...@ta...>]

On 08/18/2011 08:17 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:14:22 +0200 Nicolas Aguirre<agu...@gm...>
> said:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a simple dialog window. Just a dialog which
>> contains a label, an entry and a button bar with ok and cancel. That's
>> seems so simple to do, but i can't do it. The solution must be simple,
>> but i can't find it.
>> I made a simple test program [test1.c attached], With a main window
>> and a button. When you click on this button, the dilaog box is
>> launched.
>>
>> * First problem, when i run it on e17, the dialog box is not centered,
>> i don't know if it should be, but i always seen dialog boxes centered
>> on his parent.
>
> this is partly an e17 and partly an elementary problem.
>
> most toolkits EXPLICITLY place their dialog boxes and try place them centered
> over the parent win. elementary doesnt try. e17 also has no logic to handle an
> "unplaced" dialog and auto place it centered over the parentwindow.

Doesn't netwm dialog windows get centered?

S.