Re: dialogs-stay-on-top and iconize-dialogs policy given up in CVS ???

[John Levon]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 12:13:58PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 01:02:47PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote:
> > There was a time (e.g. 1.1.6fix3) that the following very convenient
> > window policy was enforced on all dialogs:
> > 
> > -> let the (sub)dialogs "disappear" when the main window is iconized.
> >    [extremely convenient when iconizing LyX while dialogs are open]
> > 
> > -> always keep (sub)dialogs on top of the main window.
> >    [dialogs can never be hidden behind the main window]
> > 
> > I would vote for getting this window policy back.
> 
> Some people (like me) do not like this behavior.

At least the second is a terrible idea. If a have a small screen and two large dialogs
open, I can longer see what I'm typing.

As for the first I'm not bothered, I don't know whether it's possible now ...

regards
john

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