[wx-dev] wxAUI/gtk docking weirdness fixed

[Robin Dunn]

Robert Roebling wrote:

>> It'd really be great if we could fix the problems with gtk's
>> wxFrame::Show() before 2.7.0 is released.  The two major problems are:
>>
>> 1) wxGTK's top level window Show() method doesn't check if the window
>> is already shown or now.  This behavior should be updated to be
>> consistent with wxMSW.
>>
>> 2) wxGTK's top level Show() emits an undesired move event, even if the
>> window wasn't moved.
> 
> I think I have fixed both of these in CVS HEAD, although when
> the frame is really shown for the first time, a move event
> is generated (I think even 2). I didn't see any change in
> the auidemo, though. One thing is - as others reported -
> that the hint window (I see those blue horizontal lines)
> sometimes jumps to unexpected positions and sometimes seems
> to jump back and forth. I can imagine that the guessing
> algorithm isn't simple, I'm just mentioning my experience.
> The point, as I noted in my original mail, is that if you
> dock any window, it is first shown at what I guess is -1,-1
> and then moved to the final position,

I still see the AUI problems too.  The hint windows jump around, are 
sometimes partially outside of the managed window, and are often at the 
wrong place or wrong size.

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Robin Dunn
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