barb@encore.com (Barb VanDusen) (01/03/91)
Section 1.4.1 of the 1.1 Motif style guide, paragraph three suggests that secondary DialogBoxes be placed near their parent so that when the secondary DialogBox appears, the mouse pointer is over the default PushButton. I would like to do this at least for help message dialogs where data from the parent doesn't need to be seen. How does the application find out where the mouse pointer is currently? What if the user moves it after activating a widget? How is the placement of the secondary box figured? What if the size of the secondary box varies, and what if the default widget was moved in appDefaults or .Xdefaults. Thanks!