Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: odd windowing issue (perl Tk) Date: 12 Jul 2026 00:01:51 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <112laqn$3i60k$1@dont-email.me> <112mlqn$2qd$4@dont-email.me> <112nsal$a532$1@dont-email.me> <112p92a$p5ou$2@dont-email.me> <112t93r$20icj$1@dont-email.me> <112u2i5$28jpu$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net r8TNA08zetwf9PeJBS9gJAXS5vD8PwzqxiQxfXAh2cLgwDLYN8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Xw2QI9/fbgsxjQ8fESvRkbxkI+g= sha256:rQEpp336KJXdhimICXlrODg5FtLRmDyFLDxGEWRg/S0= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.raspberry-pi:38220 On Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:37:57 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: > On 11/07/2026 14:05, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> I would argue that for the most part, the window position preferences >> (or outright control) should come from the user, not the application at >> all. That does point to a system-level component (window manager, >> compositor, whatever) managing positions, following user configuration, >> rather than the application. > > I rather depends on the use, i suspect. That warning window really may > need to position itself screen dead centre on top of everything else to > make the realise there's a problem with the automatic reactor emergency > shutdown :-{ Not quite as dramatic but if an officer triggered an emergency alert a modal dialog was popped up on all dispatch stations. At least one dispatcher had to acknowledge the dialog before the stations were released.