Re: Whishlist for sodipodi 0.35 or later

On Friday 13 February 2004 04:08 am, Phil Harper wrote:

> > From: Wayne Maeda <[email protected]>
> > Date: 2004/02/12 Thu PM 03:59:14 GMT
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Sodipodi-list] Whishlist for sodipodi 0.35 or later
> >
> > On Thursday 12 February 2004 11:33 pm, Pat Suwalski wrote:
> > > David Christian Berg wrote:
> > > > But: there'd best be a way to have the toolbar and dialogs stay on
> > > > top of the document all of the time... I actually would love that
> > > > anyway. But I'm not sure if there's a possibility to achieve this.
> > > > I'm using metacity as window manager, others might still be using
> > > > sawfisch, what is possible for windows?
> > >
> > > I have to admit that I'm quite happy with how 0.34 handles this.
> > >
> > > I just use sodipodi and add a docked toolbar. This will create a
> > > toolbar stuck to the editing window. Then I maximize this window. Much
> > > easier to work with.
> > >
> > > Also, I've noticed that in 0.34, the transient windows do not disappear
> > > under the main editing window, so it makes this maximized window much
> > > easier to work with than before.
> > >
> > > --Pat
> >
> > The transient windows disappear under the main editing window in my
> > incarnation of 0.34. Furthermore, they then do not appear in the window
> > list even though I know that they are behind the main editing window. I
> > have to configure them "always on top" or keep re-opening them all the
> > time.
>
> same here, but on win98, they don't minimise properly either. i like to be
> able to open the windows, let them drop behind, and call them back from the
> task bar, is it possible that this will be a behaviour changable from a
> perference dialogue in future? this is similar to the nasties that happened
> to inkscape before they completely massacred the UI.
>
> Phil.

I think having the dialog boxes "always on top" as the default would work too. 
Then one can move, close or roll them up as one pleases.

Wayne



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