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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Repositioning TopLevelShell Widgets
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Date: 11 Jun 90 17:29:25 GMT
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> I am using VMS 5.3, DecWindows version 2.  I have tried everything that
> I can think of to be able to move a toplevelshell widget from within
> program control.  In particular, I have tried:

> 1.  Setting the XtNx and XtNy resources of the widget.
> 2.  Calling XtMoveWidget
> 3.  Calling XtMakeGeometry Request.

> Is it possible to move a TopLevelShell widget from within program control?
> Thanks

Method 1 is the correct way to for an application to change the location of any
widget.  As with moving any widget the ultimate decision on whether or not to
allow to move it up to the parent of the widget in question.  Since Toplevel
widgets have no parent the decision usually falls to the window manager.   In
this case it sounds like your window manager is not allowing the program to
modify the location of the clients.  This is acceptable (although anti-social)
behavior.  You may want to try another window manager such as the R4 version of
twm or possibly uwm (sudder :-), I believe that both of these allow program
control of the client window location.

 						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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