Do you know which version of Python and wxPython you are using? It sounds like a wxPython bug. But maybe there is something we can do about it.
Michael ______________________________ C. Michael Barton Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-727-9746 (CSDC) fax: 480-965-7671(SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC) www: http://csdc.asu.edu, http://shesc.asu.edu http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:16 PM, grass-dev-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:44:19 +0100 > From: Jan To?ovsk? <j.tosov...@tiscali.cz> > Subject: RE: [GRASS-dev] winGRASS: 'layer manager' window hidden by > 'mapdisplay' windows > To: <grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org> > Message-ID: <002a01ca992f$09410850$af8d6...@hanz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" > >>> would it be possible to invert the stacking order of the 'layer >>> manager' window >>> and the 'map display' windows? Currently (XP, current >> 6.4.SVN), when the wxGUI >>> opens, the layer manager window is in the background. >>> To get it to the front requires several attempts in the menu bar (or >>> repositioning >>> of the 'map display' windows on the screen). >>> >>> Markus >> >> I've seen this on a couple of students' older laptops and >> assumed it was an age/laptop related item. The stacking order >> actually is set as you suggested, and on my Mac, the layer >> manager always starts on top and in the center; the first map >> display is to the upper left and under the layer manager. >> There may be a way to force this even more explicitly, but I >> don't understand why it is is getting reversed on some XP systems. > > I can also confirm it on my Win XP. I've just been considering to report it > ;-) > The most irritating thing is improper activation of the layer manager via > menu bar, if map display is activated. You must click three times on the bar > to get the layer manager active. If Windows task bar is clicked for the > first time, a layer manager can be seen in foreground for a while, but it is > immediately covered with the map. The second click minimizes the layer > manager to the bar and third one restores it. In the latter case the layer > manager finally stays in foreground. If the map is now activated by clicking > on the menu bar, reactivating of layer manager is Ok. But if the map window > is activated clicking into the map or window title bar, events are again > captured somehow (and you need 3 clicks to the menu bar to activate the > layer manager). So I suspect mainly some map window mouse handlers. > I've recorder short video, but it is not very clear: > http://screencast.com/t/NjU1OTQwMD > > Jan _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
