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Bug 92094 - Dialogs have PPosition set
Dialogs have PPosition set
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: Other
2.0.x
Other Solaris
: Normal normal
: Small feature
Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Metacity maintainers list
: 111960 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-08-30 08:30 UTC by prabhut
Modified: 2013-02-13 04:08 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10


Description prabhut 2002-08-30 08:30:55 UTC 
I tested with sunbeta 2 build 4 package.source taken from CVS head on "Tue 
Aug 20 13:26:01 BST 2002".

1. invoke gnome-print-manager and keep in the top left corner of the 
screen. i.e next to panel.
2. select Edit->"search for document" menu.
3. dialog box appears but the left side of the dialog is not visible. user 
need to drag the dialog in order to view it.

NOTE: Refer to 91694 bug. Initially this was created against print-manager 
but it was closed.
Comment 1 Rodney Dawes 2002-09-22 13:38:32 UTC 
I have the same problem with many dialogs. Ideally, I could just center
all dialogs on the screen.
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2002-09-24 20:07:19 UTC 
Metacity's placement algorithm would handle this correctly. 
The problem is that GtkDialog defaults to GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ON_PARENT.
Which overrides Metacity.

This can't be changed in Metacity because overriding
application-specified positions breaks various things, such as Java.

Maybe what GTK should really do is position the dialog window 
(in case no window manager is running, or something) but not set
PPosition. I don't know for sure.
Comment 3 Havoc Pennington 2003-05-05 18:34:06 UTC 
*** Bug 111960 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***