[Gambas-user] Small window without gadgets

Toni arosa at ...2015...
Mon Dec 8 20:49:28 CET 2008 

Hi,
Thanks for the information Rolf. Regarding whether it's possible to 
control  "balloon"  pointing upwoards or downwards, sorry but I don't 
know either... Besides, I will give a try to Joshua's approach, too!
Regards,
Toni

En/na Rolf-Werner Eilert ha escrit:
> 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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