Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!decwrl!gilroy.pa.dec.com!klee From: klee@gilroy.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Moving,.. children windows with Window manager Message-ID: <1671@bacchus.dec.com> Date: 11 Aug 89 18:04:51 GMT References: <8908101721.AA08294@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Sender: reid@decwrl.dec.com Lines: 21 In article <8908101721.AA08294@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>, Francois.Bitz@SAM.CS.CMU.EDU writes: > Aparently it is not possible to move, resize > (interactively using the mouse, cursor) windows > which are children of top level application windows > directly using a window manager (such as uwm). This is correct. Window managers intercept configure requests on windows that are children of the root window, but not children of these "top level" windows or any other decendent windows. This allows clients to move, resize, etc. their child windows as they wish. > In case my assertions are true, it means that one might have > to 'write' a children window manager This is also correct. The X Toolkit geometry managers are an example of this. Some are interactive, e.g., those using grips. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee