| Re: making DIALOG_MESSAGE jump out [message #54983 is a reply to message #54890] |
Thu, 19 July 2007 15:29  |
Michael Galloy
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Registered: April 2006
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On Jul 19, 11:57 am, rcl...@hindmost.lpl.arizona.edu (Richard Clark)
wrote:
> Is there a way to make a DIALOG_MESSAGE box more conspicuous?
>
> Especially helpful would be a way to keep the dialog box floating
> above other widget windows. If the user happens to not notice the
> dialog box right away it may drop back behind the control panel, which
> can make things a little confusing.
>
> Also helpful might be to sound a couple of beeps, use different colors,
> or make smoke and sparks shoot out of the display.
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> There's no /float option. There also isn't a /beep option so I have
> tried to embed an ascii bell in the message string, but with no luck.
> (Although including a string(10b) in the text for VALUE for a button
> widget produces a newline in the button label, at least on our linux
> systems)
>
> Oh duh! I just thought of an obvious workaround to get the beep...
> there's still STDOUT so just put a print,string(7b) elsewhere in the
> event handler. Though it seems like dialog_message should allow this
> itself-- getting the user's attention is usually the idea for using
> it.
>
> But I would still really like to force the dialog box to remain visible
> above any other widget or graphics windows on the screen.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly apreciated.
You could use the DIALOG_PARENT keyword to specify a widget
hierarchy's tlb. The dialog will float over the tlb and the user can't
go back the tlb until they dismiss the dialog.
Mike
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