GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 148078
About dialog doesn't respond when Blog Window is shown (gnome-blog-applet)
Last modified: 2005-09-20 18:34:03 UTC
1. Have Gnome-Blog in Applet mode on a Panel 2. Click on "Blog" button to make Blog window appear 3. Right Click "Blog" button in Panel and select "About..." 4. See About dialog appear in centre of screen 5. Click "Credits" or "Close" button or click X in title bar
It also does the same if you do it in this order. 1. Have Gnome-Blog in Applet mode on a Panel 2. Right Click "Blog" button in Panel and select "About..." 3. See About dialog appear in centre of screen 4. Click on "Blog" button to make Blog window appear 5. Click "Credits" or "Close" button or click X in title bar To make the About dialog respond to mouse click or key press, then you need to close the Blog Window first, either clicking the "Blog" button again, or "Post Entry" then the About dialog will close or show credits.
This is because the main window is modal. Not sure why this has been done, it has been in there since the first commit. Could be an attempt at ensuring the window is always on top. Seth: Modal seems useless. I think it should be changed to set_keep_above(True), so that the window is always above others (seems saner). Ok with that?
Talked with Elijah Newren about making the dialog modal (why it was done). There isn't a reason to do that (it might make sense for the about window, but not for the blog window), and metacity's handling of modal windows has also changed a bit recently. Perhaps the modal is used to try and workaround the possibility of opening multiple about/preferences window. This is possible with the applet. But the modal setting doesn't prevent it, so there's no reason to have it. I've removed it in CVS. Marking fixed.
*** Bug 314413 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***