[Lazarus] IDE window positions

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

zeljko wrote:
> On Saturday 02 of February 2013 11:00:22 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> zeljko wrote:
>>>> Might be worth checking whether this is specific to GTK, i.e. Qt is
>>>> unaffected. I notice that when running a Lazarus+GTK program (including
>>>> the IDE itself) on Debian+KDE (which I believe is comparable with
>>>> Kubuntu) some windows sporadically minimise themselves when desktops are
>>>> switched.
>>> Actually, pager minimizes windows when you switch desktops , thats how
>>> virtual desktops works on X11.
>> No doubt, but it's hardly normal to find that they stay minimised when
>> you switch back.
> 
> They should not. Pager must know (and LCL widgetset api when it was minimised 
> by pager) which windows are minimized by himself so it can restore them when 
> you switch back. Also minimized windows (before switch to another desktop) 
> should stay minimized when you switch back.

Much what I assumed. I've not mentioned this in the past- and am 
definitely not complaining about it now- since my desktop machine is 
actually running a fairly old KDE.

In any event, thanks for the explanation since it implies that something 
I do as routine using Delphi (have a watchdog process monitoring any 
unexpected dialogue boxes etc. on multiple desktops/windowstations) is 
probably fundamentally incompatible with unix.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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