[Qgis-developer] gnome3 Qt dialogs

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Richard,

This is gnome 3 default behavior. There is a howto [1] which explains 
how to disable this behavior on a particular system.

Cheers

[1] http://blog.mpshouse.com/?p=690

On Mit 12 Jun 2013 09:02:02 CEST, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I want to ask something about the size and behaviour of Qt dialogs of
> QGIS on Gnome3 on Debian.
>
> I've noticed that the dialogs (like the Project/Project properties
> dialog) are not real floating dialogs anymore. They are a sort of
> attached to the menubar of the QGIS application Window.
>
> I cannot take the dialog and move it to another screen or place. Some
> plugin dialogs (like the Georeferencer dialog/window) I can still move
> around.
>
> This should be ok, but the 'fixed' dialogs you can not resize in both
> directions: only the width can be changed.
>
> For certain dialogs the buttons are almost out of view:
> See http://www.flickr.com/photos/97361298@N07/9023726318/
>
> Mind you: the bottom is really the bottom of my screen.
> In a normal dialog I could (using alt-mouse) move it up to come to the
> buttons. But with these fixed dialogs this is not possible.
>
> De-maximizing the QGIS window (by double clicking the Titlebar) only
> works for the QGIS window:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/97361298@N07/with/9023726318/lightbox/
>
> So questions:
> - am I the only one with this little annoyances
> - is this debian/gnome3 only behaviour, or can I choose the standard
> type of dialogs?
> - do I need a bigger screen for QGIS (or: what is the minimum size of
> a dialog supposed to be for QGIS.)
> I'm normally working/building QGIS on a little 12.5 inch screen laptop
> with 1366x768 LED. When doing gis stuff I have a second large monitor
> attached to it.
>
> Mind you, I'm not against big dialogs (though I prefer wider dialogs
> then), and I'm aware of the space problems we always have with our
> dialogs.
> I could also imaging that it has something to do with other window
> toolkits (?android). I think we should try to serve both worlds, and I
> can live with my 'problems' if that makes it easier to develop for
> both worlds.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
>
>
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