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Re: Widget Weirdness [message #65661 is a reply to message #65654]

Fri, 13 March 2009 02:58

Allan Whiteford
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Registered: June 2006

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David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just ran into this problem on my Linux machine. I wonder
> if someone can help me test. I ran my Coyote program
> PickColorName:
>
> IDL> c = pickcolorname()
>
> This puts a widget up in the center of the display. I
> then move it off to the side and pick a color. As soon
> as I do, the widget jumps back to the center of the
> display. This is decidedly NOT what it is suppose to do!
>
> I've traced the program (believe it or not) to a command
> in which I am changing the text on a label widget. I have
> confirmed this behaviour with an entirely different program.
> It, too, jumps if I try to change a widget label's text.
>
> Is this a function of my window manager (SUSE 10.? and
> KDE 3.5, I believe), or is this a UNIX (possibly Mac)
> problem in general? If it is a general bug, I would
> like to report it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

David,

Running on:

{ x86 linux unix linux 6.2 Jun 20 2005 32 64}

I don't see the problem but running on:

{ x86 linux unix linux 7.0 Oct 25 2007 32 64}

the problem exists exactly as other people have confirmed.

Although it could just as easily be the OS (FC4 vs FC8 respectively).

I'm using fvwm95 as my window manager which is about as far from a
bloated desktop environment as you can get. This pretty much leaves it
with either a fault in X or a fault in IDL.

Perhaps it's related to using dynamic_resize in the widget_label? That
can change the size of the widget which might cause something to think
it needs repositioned. Might help in tracking down the issue.

Thanks,

Allan

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		Re: Widget Weirdness By: David Fanning on Fri, 13 March 2009 12:49
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: David Fanning on Fri, 13 March 2009 11:53
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: David Fanning on Fri, 13 March 2009 08:45
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: Allan Whiteford on Fri, 13 March 2009 02:58
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 March 2009 19:49
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 12 March 2009 16:56
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: Andrew Cool on Thu, 12 March 2009 16:45
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: ben.bighair on Thu, 12 March 2009 15:46
		Re: Widget Weirdness By: Robert Moss, PhD on Wed, 18 March 2009 15:24

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