Bug 753779 - gtk_window_set_position is ignored
Summary: gtk_window_set_position is ignored
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gtk3
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Matthias Clasen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-14 13:33 UTC by Dag Odenhall
Modified: 2013-02-13 18:02 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 18:02:34 UTC
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Description Dag Odenhall 2011-11-14 13:33:51 UTC
Gtk is refusing to position windows as commanded.

I have tested this in the GNOME Shell and the fallback mode.  I have tested
both setting the window_position property and calling the set_position
method.  I have tested it with both Python and Vala.

I discovered it because the option to "open at mouse" in the GNOME Pie
launcher program wasn't doing anything, with the author insisting it was
working fine in GNOME Shell on Ubuntu.  Thus the bug seems to be specific
to Fedora.


Test code with PyGObject:

    from gi.repository import Gtk
    window = Gtk.Window()
    window.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.MOUSE  # or CENTER
    window.connect('delete-event', Gtk.main_quit)
    window.show_all()
    Gtk.main()


Same with Vala:

    // valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 test.vala

    using Gtk;

    int main (string[] args) {
        Gtk.init (ref args);
        var window = new Window ();
        window.window_position = WindowPosition.MOUSE;  // or CENTER
        window.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);
        window.show_all ();
        Gtk.main ();
        return 0;
    }


These programs should launch windows at the position of the mouse cursor, or the center of the screen, but instead always position normally, ignoring the programmed position.

Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-11-14 19:54:04 UTC
The testgtk 'window sizing' example indicates that things work just fine, in my testing.

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