Re: Window Manager Hints don't work on Windows (Vista)?

Thanks for your response.  As I understand it, that means I shouldn't
hold my breath waiting for a future release of GTK+ to fix the problem,
as it's not a simple one.



Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> 
> 
>> I would like to use the "Utility Window" option of the Window
>> Management preferences to keep all of GIMP's windows together,
> 
>> Unfortunately, it doesn't do anything for me. I am using GIMP 2.4.1
>> on Windows Vista.
> 
> Yep. As far as I can see, the only thing the utility window hint does
> in gdk/win32 is affect the window decorations. It has absolutely no
> effect on z-order and/or grouping of windows.
> 
> As for the different concepts of window transient-for and/or modality
> relationships, there are important bug fixes in gdk/win32 for those in
> GTK+ 2.12. Unfortunately in GIMP's case they don't help a lot as in
> many cases the windows that have transient-for and/or modal
> relationships are owned by different processes (the GIMP process and a
> plug-in process), and that can't be handled.
> 
> --tml



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