Inkscape and transient windows (on top dialogs)
by unknown＠example.com
Short introduction for the maillinglist:
There is a discussion ongoing about transient dialogs (dialogs on top) in win32 builds of Inkscape. They do not work for current builds, but can be made to work with (afaik) only one drawback: when Inkscape's mainwindow is minimized while having a dialog on top, the mainwindow cannot simply be restored by clicking the taskbar button as this will give focus to the dialog that was opened. The dialog is not minimized when Inkscape is minimized which causes the problem. The mainwindow is restored by rightclicking the taskbar button and clicking on "Restore". The ongoing discussion is about how to solve this in a way that respects current standards.
This mail is about a temporary solution that would greatly greatly greatly (I cannot stress enough) enhance Inkscape's useability.
Bulia Byak wrote:
> Johan wrote:
> > The rightclick-'restore' procedure is not really annoying
> > if known, but is very confusing for users and therefore I
> > think a complete fix is needed before I can commit the
> > #ifndef WIN32 removal.
>
> Yes, definitely.
At the moment, the "dialogs on top" option does not work on win32 anyway, so we might as well remove it from win32 builds. However, I have a better idea:
(Note this is for win32 builds only!!!) We could concatenate the options "Dialogs are hidden in taskbar" and "Dialogs on top" into one option "Dialogs on top (experimental)" (checkbox). If unchecked, Inkscape will use the old options "dialogs NOT hidden in taskbar" and "Dialogs on top: none", if checked Inkscape will use "dialogs hidden in taskbar" and "dialogs on top:normal". The "(experimental)" is added so that users know that it is likely to work dissatisfactory, and an explanatory text should be added on how to restore the main window when Inkscape was minimized (i.e. the 'rightclick-restore' procedure).
Regards,
Johan
16 years, 11 months
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First win32 build of the year
by Bob Jamison
Nothing important. It just looks good to have "070101".
http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape0701011510.7z
bob
16 years, 11 months
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Bug Hunt for 0.45
by Bryce Harrington
About a third of the way there now:
1590980 9 CRASH: Markers to Stroke Paint bbyak
1625278 9 Crash when trying to load a SVG file bryce
1501553 3 Can't rotate with transform dialog box bryce
1520625 6 Linked clone as clip path does not update nobody
1516933 9 text stroke crash inkscape nobody
1575685 6 web redirects inkscape.org/faq/ kidproto
1565162 3 Gradient stop color not updated in list nobody
1595030 6 Stroke width after Union changed in a strange way nobody
1620066 6 Lost dialog for exporting and color nobody
1598337 9 Crash when trying to delete invisible layer cyreve
1561416 6 EPS export broken theadib
1597605 6 Fontnames containing spaces are incorrectly written theadib
1572450 3 Dialogs pop up off screen nobody
1604391 3 MouseWheel NodeSelection > Undo = Floating Node nobody
1513218 6 Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept when... theadib
1612814 3 Guides ans Gridlines vanish on corresp. alpha... nobody
1576258 3 Color artifact in SVN gaussian blur nobody
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Total 96
Bryce
16 years, 11 months
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Bug Hunt for 0.45
by Bryce Harrington
More bugs fixed! About a quarter of the way there. Please remember to
set the assignee to yourself (or whomever fixed it) when you close bugs,
so we know who to give credit to.
1625278 9 Crash when trying to load a SVG file bryce
1501553 3 Can't rotate with transform dialog box bryce
1520625 6 Linked clone as clip path does not update nobody
1516933 9 text stroke crash inkscape nobody
1575685 6 web redirects inkscape.org/faq/ kidproto
1565162 3 Gradient stop color not updated in list nobody
1595030 6 Stroke width after Union changed in a strange way nobody
1620066 6 Lost dialog for exporting and color nobody
1598337 9 Crash when trying to delete invisible layer cyreve
1561416 6 EPS export broken theadib
1597605 6 Fontnames containing spaces are incorrectly written theadib
1572450 3 Dialogs pop up off screen nobody
1604391 3 MouseWheel NodeSelection > Undo = Floating Node nobody
1513218 6 Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept when... theadib
1612814 3 Guides ans Gridlines vanish on corresp. alpha... nobody
1576258 3 Color artifact in SVN gaussian blur nobody
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Total 87
It would be great if we could get 0.45 released before the end of
January, so if you have some time, please help investigate open bugs!
Bryce
16 years, 11 months
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