Re: [Foxgui-users]Exact dialog placement

[Paul M. <p.e...@rc...>]

Jeroen van der Zijp wrote:

> On Thursday 24 February 2005 03:40 am, Paul Melis wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>Is there a way to position a (modal) dialog box on a specific location 
>>(i.e. x,y screen location) when it is shown? Although 
>>dialogbox->execute() does have the 'placement' parameter, it seems the 
>>values possible allow only centered positioning or under the cursor (and 
>>I can't find what PLACEMENT_DEFAULT does).
>>
>>Is positioning only possible with a non-modal dialog?
> 
> 
> Just set the location in the constructor and call the vanilla show() or
> execute() with no arguments.
 >
 > Your mileage may vary, depending on Window Manager placement strategy;
 > most WM's honor your requests, fortunately.

Should it behave correctly on windows?
My box seems to pop up centered on the parent whatevery position I use 
in the constructor (using execute()).

> BTW thanks for the GLSettings; I'll augment gltest with that...

You're welcome...

Paul