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Bug 89273 - Scores dialog not modal
Scores dialog not modal
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-games-superseded
Classification: Deprecated
Component: freecell
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: GNOME Games maintainers
Gregory Leblanc
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-07-28 18:26 UTC by ayacoub
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description ayacoub 2002-07-28 18:26:14 UTC 
When you click on the scores dialog in Freecell (gnome-games-2.0.0), it
appears on top, but is not modal, meaning it can fall below the Freecell
main screen (excuse me if the terminology is wrong ;-) ).

This is especially evident with Metacity and sloppy focus, as the dialog
(which appears on the center of the freecell window), falls right to the
bottom.  The only way to retrieve it is to shade, minimize, or move the
freecell window.
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2002-07-30 03:59:00 UTC 
Modal's not the right term; modal means 'nothing else can happen until
this dialog is closed', not necessarily 'this dialog stays on top.' A
modal dialog that isn't always on top is in fact the worst of all
worlds. :)
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2002-07-31 20:37:45 UTC 
The issue is lack of gtk_window_set_transient_for() presumably.
Comment 3 Ross Burton 2002-08-02 15:01:44 UTC 
For me, the scores dialog is modal or on top.

Do we want it to be modal and on-top, or as a plain dialog which
doesn't block the main window?
Comment 4 ayacoub 2002-08-04 18:14:57 UTC 
Why shouldn't it be modal?  There's no compelling reason why someone
would need to be able to play freecell while reading their statistics...
Comment 5 Ross Burton 2002-10-22 09:40:03 UTC 
Fixed on head. The dialog is correctly on top instead of broken-on-top
and is not modal.