[Gambas-user] Small window without gadgets

Mon Dec 8 18:20:40 CET 2008

Yes, Joshua, this would be exactly the way it was supposed to look like.

Maybe I'll sort this out tomorrow, thanks for the tip!

Rolf

Joshua Higgins schrieb:
> I know its not the gambas way, but if you have a notification-daemon and
> dbus running, install the package libnotify-bin. Then you can use the
> command notify-send to create popups on the screen near the system tray.
> 
> They look like this:
> 
> (ubuntu) http://tjeb.nl/Projects/Mailbox_Alert/mailboxalert_example.png
> (normal)
> http://wagiaalla.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/notify-send.png
> 
> hth
> 
> 2008/12/8 Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at ...221...>
> 
>> Hi Toni again :-)
>>
>> Of course, I knew I'm not that stupid, I got it running, and it's great.
>>
>> Do you know if it's possible to control if it points upwards or
>> downwards? What I found out is, when the control it points to is below
>> .Height/2 of its parent, it will point upwards, otherwise downwards. And
>> I cannot control left or right pointing, too. Everything else: great thing.
>>
>> In contrary to Benoit, I think it won't replace Message class, however,
>> because it doesn't have buttons the user can click on, there is no
>> interaction, so it's limited to displaying something.
>>
>> About the Tray Icon, I tried with a small window and a balloon pointing
>> to its lower right edge. When you drag the window around the screen, the
>> balloon won't disappear as long as you are dragging but it will change
>> its pointing edge and form. So I dragged the window into the lower right
>> edge of the screen, under Kicker and the Tray. The balloon will stop at
>> the border of Kicker, it won't continue pointing on the window's edge,
>> neither above nor under the tray.
>>
>> So I guess that Kicker and the tray have another level on the screen,
>> above the windows. Maybe one could change this by some option in the
>> window manager's control, something like "always there" or "always on
>> top" such as in Windows. But your idea should work with either option,
>> of course.
>>
>> Sorry I can't help any more, but thank you for pointing me to the
>> balloon thing :-)
>>
>> Rolf
>>
>>
>>
>> Toni schrieb:
>>> Hi Rolf again,
>>> By ballon I meant "gb.form.ballon", a Message like class.
>>> I couldn't get it pointing to a Tray Icon, but otherwise I find it
>>> pretty nice and unobtrusive :)
>>> Regards,
>>> Toni
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> En/na Rolf-Werner Eilert ha escrit:
>>>> Hi Toni,
>>>>
>>>> Toni schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Rolf,
>>>>> I'm new to Gambas so maybe other will tell otherwise..., but I think
>>>>>
>>>> never mind :-) I've been into Gambas for quite some time now, but I'm
>>>> still far away from being an expert...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "Ballon" is what you are looking for.
>>>>>
>>>> Didn't find that - is it one of the examples?
>>>>
>>>> In the examples, I did find the thing with the transparent clock and the
>>>> other clock example. But those seem to have to do with transparency
>>>> rather than with just a window without gadgets.
>>>>
>>>> Though I tried to do the same and failed - I don't know why my windows
>>>> always have gadgets, even when I say "Border - None", and I cannot make
>>>> out any other difference between my own programs and the examples
>>>> (except the drawing routines). The examples run flawlessly here, my own
>>>> programs always show standard windows.
>>>>
>>>> So, where's the trick?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Rolf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The only problem is that I haven't been able to get it working pointing
>>>>> to a TrayIcon  (that low right edge of the screen you mention).  Hope
>> it
>>>>> helps and, in anycase, if there is a better solution I'll be gald to
>>>>> hear from it too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Toni
>>>>>
>>>>> En/na Rolf-Werner Eilert ha escrit:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone out there...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The question is simple: Is it possible to make a small window without
>>>>>> any gadgets appear and disappear after some seconds showing a small
>> hint
>>>>>> such as "you got new messages..."?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I want is something like these hints Thunderbird or the Suse
>> update
>>>>>> client produce at the lower right edge of the screen, for my own
>>>>>> messenger app here in our firm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for all ideas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rolf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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