[GRASS-dev] winGRASS: 'layer manager' window hidden by 'mapdisplay' windows

[Michael Barton]

Do you know which version of Python and wxPython you are using? It sounds like a wxPython bug. But maybe there is something we can do about it.

Michael
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On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:16 PM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:44:19 +0100
> From: Jan To?ovsk? <j.tosovsky at tiscali.cz>
> Subject: RE: [GRASS-dev] winGRASS: 'layer manager' window hidden by
>        'mapdisplay' windows
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>>> would it be  possible to invert the stacking order of the 'layer
>>> manager' window
>>> and the 'map display' windows? Currently (XP, current
>> 6.4.SVN), when the wxGUI
>>> opens, the layer manager window is in the background.
>>> To get it to the front requires several attempts in the menu bar (or
>>> repositioning
>>> of the 'map display' windows on the screen).
>>> 
>>> Markus
>> 
>> I've seen this on a couple of students' older laptops and
>> assumed it was an age/laptop related item. The stacking order
>> actually is set as you suggested, and on my Mac, the layer
>> manager always starts on top and in the center; the first map
>> display is to the upper left and under the layer manager.
>> There may be a way to force this even more explicitly, but I
>> don't understand why it is is getting reversed on some XP systems.
> 
> I can also confirm it on my Win XP. I've just been considering to report it
> ;-)
> The most irritating thing is improper activation of the layer manager via
> menu bar, if map display is activated. You must click three times on the bar
> to get the layer manager active. If Windows task bar is clicked for the
> first time, a layer manager can be seen in foreground for a while, but it is
> immediately covered with the map. The second click minimizes the layer
> manager to the bar and third one restores it. In the latter case the layer
> manager finally stays in foreground. If the map is now activated by clicking
> on the menu bar, reactivating of layer manager is Ok. But if the map window
> is activated clicking into the map or window title bar, events are again
> captured somehow (and you need 3 clicks to the menu bar to activate the
> layer manager). So I suspect mainly some map window mouse handlers.
> I've recorder short video, but it is not very clear:
> http://screencast.com/t/NjU1OTQwMD
> 
> Jan