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From: pasturel@sctc.com (Pierre Pasturel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif,bcr.motif
Subject: Re: clientDecorations
Keywords: I want to take away from parent but not children.
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.184609.7516@sctc.com>
Date: 7 Dec 90 18:46:09 GMT
References: <449@rruxc.UUCP>
Organization: Secure Computing Technology Corporation
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>Do anyone know if there's a way to make windows "fixed (unmovable)" on a
>display?  I've been able to get rid of the boxes on the title bar, but
>I can't eliminate the behavior that when I click on the title bar I
>can still drag the window.  I don't want my users to be able to move windows.

Being new to motif, I don't know if there is a way to still have your frame
but not allow the user to move it (the VendorShell XmInputModal resource????).
I would like to know if someone out there can tell us.

Getting rid of your frame all together 
will solve the problem if you can do without it. I created a demo where I
don't want the person running it to be able to moving the windows. At first
I wanted the frame to have the frame title to show the user what the window 
was, but I ended up getting rid of the frame and using an XmLabel to label 
each of my windows. Having an XmLabel allowed me to select its color, font,
etc... easily, and with no frame, the user can't move the window.

To do this, I have this in my defaults file:

Mwm*XmTPT2.clientDecoration:		none	

where XmTPT2 is the class name I use to create 
application shells whose windows I don't want a frame.
        
>Also, how can I eliminate the frame components from the main window,
>but still have them (title bar, menu, resize stuff) appear on windows
>that are popped up as chldrena of the main window?  It seems that
>whatever I take away from the parent also gets taken away from its
>children.
The children are inheriting the decorations from the parent I assume.

This is probably not the best way, but .......
There is an Mwm resource called transientDecoration which you can set for
transient windows (e.g. short lived windows like dialog windows). You can
only set it globally for all transient windows (ie. you can not specify
this resource for a specific transient window).

I have also noticed an XmNmwmDecorations VendorShell resource to set the
decoration flags of MWM_HINTS for the window frame, but I haven't found
a table listing the fields of MWM_HINTS to know what value I need to
set XmNmwmDecorations to.

Does anyone know what values are used to set this resource to select
given decorations???

>Thanks,
>Wayne

Pierre
pasturel@sctc.com