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Re: Floating base widget [message #18064 is a reply to message #17895]

Tue, 23 November 1999 00:00

J.D. Smith
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Registered: August 1996

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Daniel Peduzzi wrote:
>
> J.D. Smith wrote in message <3835D0E5.9347A6FB@astro.cornell.edu>...
>>
>> Motif provides no Z-ordering, and hence FLOATING doesn't do as adverstised, as
>> indicated in the documentation.
>>
>
> Hmmm. Although my documentation does indicate that Motif applications
> share a single layer and have an arbitrary Z-order, it also states
> that "there is no special layering of IDL widgets, except that
> floating and modal bases always float above their group leaders."
>
> It's this last line, under a Motif heading, which caused me some
> surprise when it didn't actually work.

My documentation (vs 5.2.1) says simply:

"All elements on the screen -- widgets, the IDLDE, other Motif applications --
share a single layer and have an arbitrary Z-order. There is no special layering
of IDL widgets."

Notably absent is the phrase "except" from your version, which must have been
removed recently.

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
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