On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 02:59:14PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 27 Jun 2002 10:11:19 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm new with FVWM and I have a question. > > > > I'm writing a X-Window application (based on Trolltech Qt libraries, > > running under Linux with FVWM2). > > > > This application has a lot of windows. And some of those windows have > > more priority. > > > > Is it possible to create an hierarchy with the different windows ? > > For example, if I have five windows: > > A has priority 3 (less priority) > > B and C have priority 2 (middle priority) > > D and E have priority 1 (first priority) > > Does somebody know how to always have windows D and E above all other, > > If I select the E window it comes above D window, and if a select D > > window it comes above E window, If I select B window it comes above C > > window but always under D and E windows (in case of overlapping), etc. > > > > Can it be done at the WindowManager level or at the X-Window level > > (properties of the windows)? > > You may want to use layers. An application may assign them using gnome > window manager hints or using extended window manager hints (EWMH). > FVWM recognizes these hints unless they are switched off by a user. > > You may do it on the window manager configuration level too by defining: > > Style A_pattern Layer 2 > Style B_pattern Layer 4 > Style C_pattern Layer 4 > Style D_pattern Layer 6 > Style E_pattern Layer 6 > > The default window layer (StaysPut) is 4, other shortcuts: StaysOnTop > is layer 6, StaysOnBottom is layer 2 > > But if you write your application please rethink twice before throwing > layers on pure users.
Let me put it this way: layers = best way to drive the user up the wall = evil (same is valid for window that raise or maximize themselves - or worse: both) > I think (without knowing details) that a better solution than layers is > to define window groups and/or a tree of your transients. Then a user > has more options to configure such window tree, search for "Transient" > or "WindowGroups" in the fvwm man page. Transients should give reasonable results. Lets assume B and C are opened from A, D is openend from B and E is openend from C. The set the transientfor property of the window to window transientfor A - B A C A D B E C Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
