modal windows in wine 1.2

janezk · Post by **janezk** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:41 am

Hi,
We use wine 1.2 to run a sales application.
The application uses modal windows.

First let me explain how it works on windows.

If the user clicks in the application (a specific action not anywhere) a new child window opens. This new window has a higher priority and is always on top. And until the user doesn't complete the form this child window will stay in focus and on top. The user can click anywhere on the screen, this window stays on top.

And now the wine behaviour.
The user opens the child window. If he by mistake clicks on the parent window (and since we use touch screens this is quite often) the child window gets hidden behind the parent window. But the focus stays on the child window, so the user is unable interact with the now on top parent window. He can't for example minimize the parent window to get the active window back. So we get calls to our tech support, that the application froze.

Is there a way to configure the original behaviour in wine or is this a bug/uncomplete feature.

janezk · Post by **janezk** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:30 am

anyone?

Post by **dimesio** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:59 am

Check bugzilla for existing bug reports, try your app in the latest development version, and if the problem is still there and there is not already a bug filed, file one.

janezk · Post by **janezk** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:01 am

Here is what seems to work for me:
run winecfg
go to the third tab (should be graphics)
uncheck the third parameter (allow the window manager to manage wine windows)

I am not sure about the tab and parameters names, because my wine is in Slovenian and i translated them back to English. I don't have an English linux installation right now.