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Re: graphics window [message #76333 is a reply to message #16178]

Wed, 25 May 2011 10:05

Daniel Larson
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Registered: May 2011

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On May 25, 12:49 pm, David Fanning <n...@idlcoyote.com> wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
>>> That window also immediately appears on top of the Workbench.
>>> However, when I click in the editor to edit the file, the
>>> damn window won't go away! It stubbornly persists in staying
>>> directly in front of the area of the Workbench I want to type in!
>
> If I move my Workbench back to my right monitor, and set
> the "Graphics window stays on top" preference button, then
> whenever I type in the Workbench in my right monitor, the
> function graphics window pops forward on my left monitor.
> This is great, except that I normally keep my e-mail and
> newsgroup reader on my left monitor. If I want to read the
> newsgroup, for example, and I pull that application forward,
> the graphics window stays on top of that!
>
> Basically, those function graphics windows are either
> constantly getting in the way, or completely gone when
> you need them. No wonder I find myself exasperated most
> of the day. They act exactly like my children!! :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.idlcoyote.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Well, at least I know I'm not crazy. The take-away message: buy
another monitor.
What then, do you suppose, is the function of the preference selection
"graphic window stays on top"?

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		Re: graphics window By: Daniel Larson on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:05
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