You can either ignore the warning, or simply use a window that isn't marked as a dialog as that first window. On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jasper, > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The desktop is not a window. It could be in some desktop environments, >> but is not always. In fact, in some desktop environments, there is no >> desktop window or desktop concept at all. There is no standard >> protocol to fetch the desktop window if it exists, either. >> >> The reason that unparented dialogs are discouraged are because in most >> cases, dialogs shouldn't just pop up out of the blue -- they should >> come from an understandable user action or application window to tie >> it back to. Otherwise, you might see a random dialog pop up at some >> point without knowing where it came from. > > I understand this part. > The trouble is - what if the application is dialog based? > > Let's say by design of my application it starts up by displaying the > dialog with some options > and after that the main window shows up after I click OK. > > How do I handle this? > > Thank you. > >> >> While we can often detect the parent window automatically, there are >> sometimes cases where we cannot, and we warn to let you know that this >> is one of these cases, so you can go and fix it. It is OK to ignore >> that warning. >> >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Jasper, >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> As mentioned, dialogs are designed to be parented to a specific >>>> window. As the warning says, this is discouraged (and might cause >>>> things like Wayland not to work correctly). You can ignore the warning >>>> if you want. >>> >>> Well, "Desktop" is a window, isn't it? >>> So why I can't set it to be a parent to a dialog? >>> >>> And what if I have a dialog-based application? I should be able to set >>> the parent >>> to be a "Desktop", right? >>> >>> Or maybe I just need to get a pointer to a :"Desktop" window and >>> supply it to that function? >>> Will it work like this? If yes - what is this function name, if any? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Hi, Jasper, >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> The default transient window is NULL, so you don't have to do anything. >>>>> >>>>> OK, I did call "gtk_window_set_transient_for( dlg, NULL );", but still >>>>> got the warning >>>>> >>>>> GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent: This is discouraged. >>>>> >>>>> The thing is: I have my own GtkDialog class and I'm trying to >>>>> eliminate this warning... >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, ALL, >>>>>>> There is a function in GTK - gtk_window_set_transient_for() - which >>>>>>> sets the parent >>>>>>> window for the current one. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now the question I have is: is it possible to set the parent to become >>>>>>> a Desktop? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let's say I have an application class and I want to make sure that I >>>>>>> already have a TLW >>>>>>> to pass it to that function. Otherwise I want to use Desktop, because >>>>>>> passing NULL >>>>>>> according to documentation will unset it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [quote] >>>>>>> Passing NULL for parent unsets the current transient window >>>>>>> [/quote] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and it does not say it what happen if there was no such window in the >>>>>>> first place. >>>>>>> So if I will pass NULL for the parent and the transient is not being >>>>>>> set, will it become >>>>>>> set as a Desktop. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is not clear from the docs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for clarification. >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> gtk-list mailing list >>>>>>> gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >>>>>>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jasper >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jasper >> >> >> >> -- >> Jasper -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
