Re: owner/owned zorder

On Thu, 29 May 2003 16:42:07 +0200 "xnowfall" <[email protected]>
writes:
> litestep's main window isn't owned or parented to anything,
> but modules like desktop2, label and layercuts are owned by
> it.

Is there any reason to do that?

If having the windows owned by the litestep window causes the problem,
why not just avoid setting the owner?

>  - the litestep window should possibly use something like 
> (((WINDOWPOS *)lParam)->flags |= SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE
> | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOOWNERZORDER) for WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING.
> this to let it protect the zorder itself in case some modules
> don't follow the rules above

The litestep window should probably be created with HWND_MESSAGE, which
would avoid zorder all together (on systems where it's supported)

-rabidcow



   

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