Re: [Tile-dev] Using ttk::dialog with a 'withdrawn' root window

[Will D. <Wil...@jp...>]

I'm a Tile newbie myself, but I suspect you need to set the dialog's
"-parent" option explicitly to "".  Otherwise, it thinks it's transient
with respect to ".", which isn't visible, and that might prevent it from
displaying.  For what it's worth.

Will Duquette


On Mar 19, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Christian Surlykke wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm sorry if this is too newbeish.
>
> If I call 'withdraw' on the root window, I cannot make a  
> ttk::dialog show on
> the screen. This little script shows my problem:
>
> <snippet>
> package require tile
> wm title . "Root window"
> toplevel .tl
> ttk::dialog .dlg -type okcancel
> wm withdraw .
> </snippet>
>
> With this, the dialog doesn't show.
>
> If I comment out the line "wm withdraw .", then the dialog shows  
> ok, but then
> I have the root window on screen.
>
> How can I withdraw the root and show a ttk::dialog?
>
> -- Context:
>
> I'm trying to write an app, which is to sit as a tray-icon in the  
> system tray
> and there should be no root window on the screen. When the icon is  
> clicked a
> pop-up menu appears, and some of the entries in that menu should  
> launch a
> ttk::dialog.
> I use tktray1.1 (http://wiki.tcl.tk/5972) which is a toplevel  
> widget, but as
> the snippet above demonstrates, my problem seems not to be related  to
> tktray.
>
> I'm running tcl8.5a5, tk8.5a5 and tile-0.7.8. It's compiled from  
> sources on
> debian unstable, and I run the app in KDE 3.5.6
>
>
> -- Disclaimer:
>
> I use Tk and Tile from Ruby, and my tcl-skills are in the category  
> just below
> pathetic. Therefore this mail may be nonsense, in which case I  
> appologize.
>
> br. Christian Surlykke
>
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