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From: kneller@dufy.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Don Kneller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Window (frame) placement problems
Message-ID: <kneller.668203889@dufy.mmwb.ucsf.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 20:11:29 GMT
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871579l@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Todd Lowe) writes:


>I'm having a few problems getting x-view to put my windows where I want
>them.  I want the first to open anywhere, but the second to open
>directly below it on the display.

I would have thought XV_X and XV_Y could be used for positioning windows
relative to the server, but in fact they are used for positioning items
on panels.

I have used frame_{g|s}et_rect() successfully:

	/*
	 * Create main and mode objects
	 */
	main_obj = main_main_objects_initialize(NULL, NULL);
	mode_obj = main_popup_objects_initialize(NULL, main_obj->main);

	/*
	 * Position the window and popup (subframe)
	 */
	frame_get_rect((Frame) main_obj->main, &rect);
	left = rect.r_top = rect.r_left = 0;
	bottom = rect.r_top + rect.r_height;
	frame_set_rect((Frame) main_obj->main, &rect);

	frame_get_rect((Frame) mode_obj->popup, &rect);
	rect.r_left = left;
	rect.r_top = bottom;
	frame_set_rect((Frame) mode_obj->popup, &rect);


	/*
	 * Show them.
	 */
	xv_set(main_obj->main, XV_SHOW, TRUE, 0);
	xv_set(mode_obj->popup, XV_SHOW, TRUE, 0);

- don