hi, i think this is a case when the warning, (which can be ignored), is meant for the developer, and not the end-user.
i would trap the error, ignore it, and definitely not forward to the end-user; following the dictum "avoid confusing them as much as possible..." richard On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Igor Korot <ikoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Paul Davis <p...@linuxaudiosystems.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Jasper St. Pierre > > <jstpie...@mecheye.net> wrote: > >> Hi Paul, > >> > >> In recent GTK+ versions, GtkDialog emits a warning when it is mapped > >> without a parent, saying that it is discouraged. See > >> https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/gtk/gtkdialog.c#n776 > > The trouble is - it is a legitimate use case when the dialog has no parent > or the parent of the dialog is a Desktop/WM. > It means that this dialog has system modality vs. application modality. > > In addition I just gave one legitimate use-case where the application > is dialog-based > and the main frame comes in later after the dialog is gone. > > Most users will just ignore it but some will file a bug report saying that > this > is a bug in the software, whereas this is an issue in the underlying > toolkit. > > Thank you. > > > > > I should my mouth/fingers closed/still when GTK3 is on the table. > > > > Sorry for the noise. This warning seems unfortunate though. GtkDialog > > is a useful class and doesn't inherently need a parent. Does it? > > > > Using transient-parent on OS X is a very bad idea, and it really buys > > nothing with tiled WM's either. It is very regrettable that X (and its > > successors) have not implemented a more sophisticated app-centric > > window layering model. > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >
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