On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:35:20PM -0700, Tim Freedom wrote:
> --- Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 02:03:40PM -0700, Tim Freedom wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > > And the reply was to use,
> > >
> > > Style * !RaiseTransient, !LowerTransient, !StackTransientParent
> > >
> > > which indeed does work, but not as expected (well not kinda). Here's
> > > what I think most users would expect. Assume I have a parent window-A
> > > which overlaps another parent window-B. If in window-A I bring-up a
> > > transient window and then raise window-A (ie. in essence raise it
> > > above the transient) all looks fine. Assume then that I move the mouse
> > > to window-B (having MouseFocus), window-B gets focus -- all great so
> > > far. Now if I go back to window-A, the transient should come-up instead
> > > of the parent, no ? In other words, I should be able to lower the
> > > transient as long as the focus is on the parent, but if the parent
> > > losses focus, then the transient should raise itself above that parent.
> > > Let me rephrase (again, just in case), the transient should always be
> > > on top (raised) unless I specifically lower it (or specifically raise
> > > its parent), and the transient should stay lowered as long as its
> > > parent has focus, once that focus is lost from the parent the transient
> > > should again regain its "raised" status.
> > >
> > > I tried the various permutations of the misc. 'Raise' and 'Transient'
> > > commands and couldn't get it to do what's described. Is it possible ?
> >
> > Well, that would confuse and annoy me immensely :-) I'm quite
> > sure you wouldn't be happy with the automatic raising either. If
> > you can cope without the automatism,
> >
> > Style RaiseTransient, LowerTransient, !StackTransientParent
> >
> > should come close enough. When you raise the parent, the
> > transient will come back up.
>
> I guess what would constitutes annoying is debatable :-) What you note
> doesn't allow me to lower a transient below its parent and as such its
> not really what I was after.
Um, yes, but that's just because I forgot to add a style name.
Try this:
Style * RaiseTransient, LowerTransient, !StackTransientParent
^^^
> In short, I take it what I'm asking for is simply not doable,
> right ?
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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