Francois.Bitz@SAM.CS.CMU.EDU (08/11/89)
Aparently it is not possible to move, resize (interactively using the mouse, cursor) windows which are children of top level application windows directly using a window manager (such as uwm). Aren't the top level windows (which can be moved with window manager) actually 'children' of the RootWindow? (those can be moved,... interactively. In case my assertions are true, it means that one might have to 'write' a children window manager within the application if one wants to place, resize children windows... OR just not have children windows (i.e. make all windows to level windows). The second solution is not too great since I want the children to move,... be visibly bounded by the top window. Anybody can confirm/deny suggest anything to this? thanks
klee@gilroy.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) (08/12/89)
In article <8908101721.AA08294@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>, Francois.Bitz@SAM.CS.CMU.EDU writes: > Aparently it is not possible to move, resize > (interactively using the mouse, cursor) windows > which are children of top level application windows > directly using a window manager (such as uwm). This is correct. Window managers intercept configure requests on windows that are children of the root window, but not children of these "top level" windows or any other decendent windows. This allows clients to move, resize, etc. their child windows as they wish. > In case my assertions are true, it means that one might have > to 'write' a children window manager This is also correct. The X Toolkit geometry managers are an example of this. Some are interactive, e.g., those using grips. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee