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Article #37706Re: proper way to get keypress events within override-redirect windows
From: Chris D. Peterson
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 18:49
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 18:49
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> I pop up the dialog as an override-redirect window. The dialog has a... An override-redirect dialog is almost always the wrong thing to do. Make it transient instead. This will allow the user to move it or iconify it if he wants to look at something else on his display. Remember that you don't own the display, the user does. Don't take away his ability to move windows around unless there is a good reason for it. Chris D. Peterson MIT X Consortium Net: kit@expo.lcs.mit.edu Phone: (617) 253 - 9608 Address: MIT - Room NE43-213
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU!kit From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: proper way to get keypress events within override-redirect windows Message-ID: <9003051849.AA23266@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 5 Mar 90 18:49:18 GMT References: <1990Mar4.195647.5761@athena.mit.edu> Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: The Internet Lines: 17