Hi, Am Sonntag, den 06.11.2005, 12:49 +0100 schrieb Mattias Gaertner: [...] > > > > um, to sum it up, earlier the bug was because of, in chronological > > order, > > > > - the application is started > > - the form is created > > - In the TCustomForm.Create, FShowInTaskBar is set according to what > > MainForm points to, which is nil, > > I fixed the GetShowInTaskBarDefault to check if MainForm=nil.
nice :) > > hence FShowInTaskBar False > > - TCustomForm.Create returns > > - the MainForm is set to the form just created, too late > > - the Form is Shown > > - my modification does thus: > > procedure TCustomForm.DoShow; > > begin > > + HandleNeeded; > > + TWSCustomFormClass(WidgetSetClass).SetShowInTaskbar(Self, > > FShowInTaskbar); > > + > > if Assigned(FOnShow) then FOnShow(Self); > > end; > > which makes it do anything at all with ShowInTaskbar, as opposed to > > before. > > - *However*, FShowInTaskbar is False since it was set in the > > constructor. I feel uneasy changing properties underneath the programmer > > without notifying him, so I don't "fix it" within DoShow (i.e. set it to > > True when nobody is looking :)) > > Good. > > > > To fix the whole thing once and for all, have GetShowInTaskBarDefault > > return always True and just have the programmer set it to false manually > > for the forms he wants. > > > > > > [Note that that is better either way, because the programmer has to > > bring the windows that aren't shown in the taskbar to the front > > programmatically - since the user can't do it > > Sure he could. Many wm brings a clicked window to the front. Oh... yeah, I thought of a user like me which usually has <= 8 (cm^2) of free space on the screen .. yeah, chaotic ^^ I'd like all of lazarus to pop up when I click on the only remaining taskbar icon,which is the mainidebar. hence :) > > > > - (for example in reaction > > to activating the mainform). At least then it's obvious since he also > > has to set ShowInTaskBar to False himself, so he asked for it, he got > > it ...] > > > > > > As a side note: > > > > Note also that in order to change the showintaskbar property, the form > > has to be [hidden and] reshown as per EWMH standard > > http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.4.html , search for > > "The Window Manager SHOULD honor _NET_WM_STATE whenever a withdrawn > > window requests to be mapped.". > > > > That is, the window has to be hidden, the flag set, and the window shown > > again (when it was visible yet in the first place, that is). > > Ah I see. > So we have two possibilities for gtk1: > a) Find out, how to make Show modal to not hide the mainform form the > taskbar hmm ? What do you mean ? > b) Hide/Show all windows on Show Modal - unpleasant > > I don't want to invest much time in the gtk1 interface. I'm currently > working on the IDE and the LCL and after one of the next releases will > switch to gtk2. I see > > > > i.e. > > SetShowInTaskBar: > > OldVisible := Visible; > > if OldVisible then Hide; > > FShowInTaskbar := Value; > > gtk_window_set_skip_taskbar(... , not FShowInTaskbar); > > if OldVisible then Show; > > Mattias cheers, Danny _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
