mckie@nas.nasa.gov (William McKie) (12/10/90)
We're curious about how icons are placed (front to back) in OpenWindows 2.0. Typically, we have a mix of shelltool, cmdtool, and xterm windows on the workspace, in various overlapping situations. We have the OpenWindows.IconLocation resource set to "bottom". When we left click on a window's Window Button, the icon is placed at the bottom of the screen as expected, but sometimes it is placed in front of another window, and sometimes behind it. We would like to have icons always be placed in front, so we don't lose track of them. Is there a way to get this behavior? If not, what is the rule that olwm is using to decide whether to place the icon in front of or behind another window? -Bill McKie mckie@sky.arc.nasa.gov
smarks@eng.sun.COM (Stuart Marks) (12/12/90)
| We're curious about how icons are placed (front to back) in OpenWindows | 2.0. Typically, we have a mix of shelltool, cmdtool, and xterm windows | on the workspace, in various overlapping situations. We have the | OpenWindows.IconLocation resource set to "bottom". When we left click | on a window's Window Button, the icon is placed at the bottom of the | screen as expected, but sometimes it is placed in front of another | window, and sometimes behind it. The IconLocation resource refers to the position on the screen (i.e. top, bottom, left, right) not the stacking order. | We would like to have icons always be | placed in front, so we don't lose track of them. Is there a way to get | this behavior? If not, what is the rule that olwm is using to decide | whether to place the icon in front of or behind another window? Unfortunately, there is no provision for doing this in the current release of olwm. The "rule" for olwm's icon stacking is merely that icons are treated like any other window, and icons coexist in the window stacking order with windows. You can use the Front function key and the Back menu item on icons just like you can on windows. I'll consider your suggestion as a request for enhancement to the next release of olwm. s'marks Stuart W. Marks ARPA: smarks@eng.sun.com Windows & Graphics Software UUCP: sun!smarks Sun Microsystems, Inc.