0004631: GUI window z-order

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004631	ardour	bugs	public	2012-01-13 00:26	2012-10-18 16:24

Reporter	ahellquist	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	acknowledged	Resolution	open
Product Version	3.0-beta2
Target Version	3.X

Summary	0004631: GUI window z-order
Description	If I detach the transport from the main window and then close the transport, I have no easy way getting it back (?) I can breifly see the transport while launching the session again and if I move main window and mixer (if open) the transport is there.
Additional Information	There is no setting inside Ardour to toggle Transport view on/of that I have found that would make this easier. This may be a window manager thing (running Xbuntu 11.10 with XFCE4 but I have no issues in other programs. The same goes for any other detachable parts but I don't know their names :-)
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paul 2012-01-27 17:37 administrator ~0012682	there should be no decoration (including "close" buttons) around the tearoff windows. if your WM is putting it there, it is ignoring a request from ardour to not do so.

ahellquist 2012-01-27 19:14 reporter ~0012687	Ok, I guess LXDE with it? WM doesn cope well with this feature then. If I detach the transport and click on the canvas, the transport will disappear z-wise to below my main and mixer windows. But this is not arduors fault. The wm doesnt give the window it's own window handle though. See attached image.

ahellquist 2012-01-27 19:15 reporter ~0012688	Sorry, meant xfce, not lxde

2012-01-27 19:16	Ardour_Detached - 01272012 - 08:08:20 PM.png (28,195 bytes) Ardour_Detached - 01272012 - 08:08:20 PM.png (28,195 bytes)

paul 2012-01-27 20:52 administrator ~0012689	Your image does show the WM giving the tearoff its own decoration or "handle". there should be no title bar above the tearoff. in addition, the tearoff is set to "keep above" which should prevent the z-order mess you describe. apparently your WM needs some help :)

ahellquist 2012-01-28 02:43 reporter ~0012692	ok, I'll give it a kick :-)

cth103 2012-04-01 15:13 administrator ~0013060	Did you manage to get this sorted out?

ahellquist 2012-04-12 00:48 reporter ~0013117	Have not tested any other VMs yet but I belive this is not an Ardour thing. Are all others using fat stuff like gnome or kde ? Avlinux defaults to xfce if i remember correctly so this should be a fairly common issue ?

ahellquist 2012-04-18 18:15 reporter ~0013139	Tested in AVlinux (debian) and avlinux is using lxde instead of xfce that I first stated. The problem seems to be the same in lxde and the wm does not care about aurdour wants to create a windows without decorations. There is an option to remove the decoration however but that is a "right click manual thing"

paul 2012-10-18 16:24 administrator ~0014101	this appears not to be an ardour issue, but there maybe something we can do to get better behaviour out of more window managers. i'm moving it to the post-3.0 list.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-01-13 00:26	ahellquist	New Issue
2012-01-13 09:27	cth103	cost	=> 0.00
2012-01-13 09:27	cth103	Target Version	=> 3.0-beta3
2012-01-27 17:37	paul	Note Added: 0012682
2012-01-27 19:14	ahellquist	Note Added: 0012687
2012-01-27 19:15	ahellquist	Note Added: 0012688
2012-01-27 19:16	ahellquist	File Added: Ardour_Detached - 01272012 - 08:08:20 PM.png
2012-01-27 20:52	paul	Note Added: 0012689
2012-01-28 02:43	ahellquist	Note Added: 0012692
2012-02-14 17:20	paul	Target Version	3.0-beta3 => 3.0 beta4
2012-04-01 15:13	cth103	Note Added: 0013060
2012-04-01 15:13	cth103	Status	new => feedback
2012-04-12 00:48	ahellquist	Note Added: 0013117
2012-04-18 18:15	ahellquist	Note Added: 0013139
2012-04-23 21:55	cth103	Status	feedback => acknowledged
2012-05-23 15:08	cth103	Target Version	3.0 beta4 => 3.0
2012-10-18 16:24	paul	Note Added: 0014101
2012-10-18 16:24	paul	Target Version	3.0 => 3.X

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