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Re: Floating base widget [message #17929 is a reply to message #17895]

Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00

J.D. Smith
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Registered: August 1996

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Daniel Peduzzi wrote:
>
> I would like to create a window which can never be obscured by its
> group leader, but I can't seem to force the window to remain "on top."
>
> According to the IDL documentation, by setting the "floating" keyword
> when creating a top-level base, the "floating base widget will always
> appear above the base specified as the group leader."
>
> In the sample code below, the second base is designated as "floating",
> but I can easily obscure it with the group leader. I'm running IDL 5.2
> on a Sun SPARC.

Motif provides no Z-ordering, and hence FLOATING doesn't do as adverstised, as
indicated in the documentation.

JD
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		Floating base widget By: Daniel Peduzzi on Wed, 17 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: J.D. Smith on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: Daniel Peduzzi on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: davidf on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: Marc Schellens on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: Daniel Peduzzi on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: Daniel Peduzzi on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Floating base widget By: J.D. Smith on Tue, 23 November 1999 00:00

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