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Bug 109638 - provide a function to set a window modal to its parent window ony, but not the whole app
provide a function to set a window modal to its parent window ony, but not th...
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: Other
1.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-03-31 18:25 UTC by Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail]
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
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Description Dave Bordoley [Not Reading Bug Mail] 2003-03-31 18:25:42 UTC 
In epiphany we have various toplevel windows (bookmarks etc.) which aren't
necessarily connected in the mind of the user. Right now when a user
chooses to bookmark a page we want to disallow interaction with the window
that is to be bookmarked, however using gtk_window_set_modal sets the
dialog modal to the whole app which really doesn't make sense in a
documented oriented app.

to get around this i've had to hack the dialog to set the parent
insensitive while the user is using the dialog. Might be nice to provide a
function that did this, instead of having to hack every dialog.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2003-03-31 18:33:23 UTC 
GtkWindowGroup * gtk_window_group_new           (void);
void             gtk_window_group_add_window    (GtkWindowGroup    
*window_group,
                                                 GtkWindow         
*window);
void             gtk_window_group_remove_window (GtkWindowGroup    
*window_group,
                                                 GtkWindow         
*window);

Was added exactly for this reason. See bug 69934 for the
problem that you can't do full-app-model dialogs in this
situation.