Hi, Pedro Gimeno Fortea <usr352@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > (3) the windows that are below it are not hidden by the application But that's _the_ major advantage of the current user interface. It allows you to easily use GIMP together with other applications such as web browser and file managers. > Taskbar grouping doesn't help since when you click on the taskbar > button what you get is a menu of windows to choose from. It reduces > the cluttering of the taskbar but does not allow raising all windows > at once. It does so here (using sawfish). IMO it would be a major regression if the individual GIMP windows would not any longer be accessible via the taskbar. That's the nice thing about taskbar grouping. You get a single item in the taskbar that represents the application but you can still easily access a specific GIMP window. > > Another argument is that we would certainly not want to drop the > > current user interface since it works well for a lot of people. So > > I seriously doubt that any user would object against having WiW in the > preferences. That's not my point. But adding WiW to the GIMP code will almost certainly add a level of complexity to to the user interface code. Let alone the fact that noone has yet come up with a proposal on how plug-in dialogs should be handled. > > the WiW feature would have to implemented transparently for the rest > > of the application and doing this will be very difficult. > > I don't think it would be so difficult actually, as it's just a matter > of reparenting windows. Eeek, reparenting :( Reparenting should IMHO be avoided. It will break code that relies on gtk_widget_get_toplevel() working properly. > I am making an experiment about transient windows. It is not > window-in- window but uses a background window similarly to what > "Deweirdifier" does. If it works well, maybe I can make the patch > available as an attachment to bug #7379. Here's the result: > > http://perso.wanadoo.es/p.gimeno/temp/bgw-screenshot-1024.png I don't understand this screenshot; it seems to just add another window. What's the advantage? Sven
