[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Marc Culler added the comment: One thing to keep in mind is that Apple's release of OSX 10.14.6 caused Tk 8.6.8 to stop working on many systems in an extremely obnoxious way. Starting a Tk Application would trigger a segfault in Apple's WindowServer which would then cause the user to be

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I still want to look at what happens on 3.x. -- versions: +Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Ned, is our last Mac installer for 2.7 going to use tk 8.6.10? I am extremely reluctant to touch IDLE for 2.7 since beginners are nearly all using 3.x and any mistakes are forever. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Change by Marc Culler : -- versions: +Python 2.7 -Python 3.7 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Marc Culler added the comment: I should have mentioned that I did not see the IDLE hang with Python 3, only with Python 2.7. So I changed the Version in the ticket. -- versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Marc Culler added the comment: It definitely makes sense for an on-screen window to have a transient dialog. With a little care (see "messages boxes" in the widget demo) on the mac the transient can be a "sheet" that opens from the top of the master window. It even makes sense for an

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The NMT doc adds "A transient window always appears in front of its parent." and I believe that this is why we use it and why I would not want to unconditionally delete the calls without thorough testing on both Linux and Windows. IDLE calls this function

[issue38882] IDLE should not make the about dialog be a transient of the withdrawn root window

New submission from Marc Culler : The soon-to-be-released Tcl/Tk 8.6.10 includes some changes to the macOS port which cause the wm transient command to behave in the way that the Tk manual says it should: "A transient window will mirror state changes in the master and inherit the state of