[Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-30 Thread Sven Barth
Hello together! I'm using the tiling windows manager Awesome ( http://awesome.naquadah.org/ ) on i386-linux-gtk2. I've set up the IDE in a way to use a floating layout instead of being tiled (because not all windows can be docked yet :( ). This sometimes works ok and I can select a different

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-30 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Sven Barth schrieb: For now I've only achieved this problem with the IDE, not with a custom program. It would be nice if someone had an idea what I could test to narrow this problem down (the console output does not print anything useful). AFAIK the IDE does much default layout management, w

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Sven Barth
Am 31.01.2013 01:49, schrieb Hans-Peter Diettrich: Sven Barth schrieb: For now I've only achieved this problem with the IDE, not with a custom program. It would be nice if someone had an idea what I could test to narrow this problem down (the console output does not print anything useful).

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:24:38 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: >[...] > But rather often something happens (I don't know what exactly and I'd > like to find this out) and then I can click on the window and I use the > switching window keyboard shortcut all I want and nothing happens. This > even goes so

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Sven Barth schrieb: Just in case: You are aware that I'm talking about the interaction with my desktop's window manager? No, sorry :-( Also: does the layout manager of the IDE affect z-ordering? Yes, that's why I was assuming that you are talking about the IDE. DoDi -- _

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Sven Barth
On 31.01.2013 09:39, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:24:38 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: [...] But rather often something happens (I don't know what exactly and I'd like to find this out) and then I can click on the window and I use the switching window keyboard shortcut all I want an

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:15:26 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: > On 31.01.2013 09:39, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:24:38 +0100 > > Sven Barth wrote: > > > >> [...] > >> But rather often something happens (I don't know what exactly and I'd > >> like to find this out) and then I can cl

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Mattias Gaertner schrieb: From the output: The LCL gtk2 interfaces sets the right order. TOpenDialog on top of OI on top of MainIDE on Form1 on SrcNB on MsgView. So, the question is what does this WM need more than gtk_window_set_transient_for. http://developer.gimp.org/api/2.0/gtk/GtkWindow.ht

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:44:17 +0100 Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > Mattias Gaertner schrieb: > > >>From the output: The LCL gtk2 interfaces sets the right order. > > TOpenDialog on top of OI on top of MainIDE on Form1 on SrcNB on > > MsgView. > > So, the question is what does this WM need more tha

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-01-31 Thread zeljko
On Thursday 31 of January 2013 22:44:33 Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:15:26 +0100 > > Sven Barth wrote: > > On 31.01.2013 09:39, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:24:38 +0100 > > > > > > Sven Barth wrote: > > >> [...] > > >> But rather often something happe

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-02-01 Thread Sven Barth
On 01.02.2013 02:36, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:44:17 +0100 Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Mattias Gaertner schrieb: >From the output: The LCL gtk2 interfaces sets the right order. TOpenDialog on top of OI on top of MainIDE on Form1 on SrcNB on MsgView. So, the question is w

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-02-01 Thread Sven Barth
On 01.02.2013 07:19, zeljko wrote: On Thursday 31 of January 2013 22:44:33 Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:15:26 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: On 31.01.2013 09:39, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:24:38 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: [...] But rather often something happen

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-02-01 Thread Sven Barth
On 01.02.2013 21:32, Sven Barth wrote: I'll now also try Qt and report back... Ok, Qt nearly has the same behavior as Gtk2 with the GetWindowManager workaround applied. I can move the cursor onto non-modal windows if a modal one is open and if I click them the window is moved to the top, but

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-02-01 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Sven Barth schrieb: The point is: I can focus other windows without problems (I'm using the "focus follows mouse cursor" feature), but I can't interact with those other non-modal windows and they also aren't brought to the front. Just a note: The "focus follows mouse" is/was a dangerous featu

Re: [Lazarus] Form ordering problem on tiling window manager

2013-03-01 Thread Sven Barth
On 01.02.2013 21:32, Sven Barth wrote: On 01.02.2013 07:19, zeljko wrote: On Thursday 31 of January 2013 22:44:33 Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:15:26 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: On 31.01.2013 09:39, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:24:38 +0100 Sven Barth wrote: