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[gtk-list] Re: please heeeeeeeelpp: gtk_window_position (.., GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen Taylor)
Mon Nov 2 12:23:57 1998
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From: Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>
Date: 02 Nov 1998 12:23:37 -0500
In-Reply-To: Adam Kopacz's message of "Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:45:58 +0100"
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Adam Kopacz <adam.k@idnet.de> writes:
> hi,
>
> i search since some weeks a call for a GDK app (quick image viewer) that
> makes something like:
> gtk_window_position (GTK_WINDOW(window), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
> without a showed window..
>
> in gdk this works fine:
> gdk_window_move(win,(screen_x - org_w) / 2, (screen_y - org_h) / 2);
> but i must call
> gdk_window_show(win);
> first, and this looks ugly becouse the user see a quick-jumping window :(
Well if you use a GtkWindow GTK+ can take care of getting things right
for you.
But, in this case, I believe you need to set the window manager hints
to indicate that the window manager should obey the requested position
- you would do this by calling gdk_window_set_hints().
Regards,
Owen
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