[wxPython-users] AboutBox is not modal

[Jorgen Bodde]

Hi Robin,

Sounds like a strange logic to keep that dialog shown like that, but
if t it sthe standard wxGTK way of doing things, I will just have to
build in a safety net and avoid the function being called twice.

Thanks!
- Jorgn

On Nov 12, 2007 11:51 PM, Robin Dunn <robin at alldunn.com> wrote:
>
> Jorgen Bodde wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I noticed that the wx.AboutBox isn't shown modal. This is really not
> > desired as you would expect people to close the dialog and continue
> > with the app not that they can continue working while the about box is
> > open.
> >
> > This is on Ubuntu with wxPython 2.8.6.1 and can be seen in the
> > wxPython demo as well.
>
> IIUC this the GTK standard way of handling the About Box.  There was
> recently some changes made in 2.9 to better adapt to the fact that it is
> non-modal (only show one even if the about menu item is selected again,
> etc.) but it is still non-modal.
>
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> Robin Dunn
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