Re: aaarghh...DragWindow doesn't drag...

[jmk3@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

>From: gudat@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (gudat henrik)
>Subject: aaarghh...DragWindow doesn't drag...
 
>Hello Dave, Matt, Jay and all those other GS gurus!
 
>I want to move windows to other places "manually", i.e. without using
>taskmaster. The user has to select "Move Window...", the cursor becomes
>a hand, and then he (or she) can walk with that window around. The
>pseudocode looks like this:
>...
>_GetMouse
>_LocalToGlobal
>_DragWindow
>...
>I've noticed that this routine works only with titled windows, but I'd
>like to apply this mechanism to windows without title bar. (Er, that's
>why it's here...)
>
>Any way out? Does DragWindow check the frame bits (BTW, fMove=1)?
>
>What's going on? Thanks a ton for your reply!
>
>henrik
 
I'm a guru? Wow. Thanks. Anyway, I must admit, my knowledge of the IIGS is very
lacking. Two huge voids are QuickDraw II and the Window Manager. I've barely
used them.
 
As a cop-out and not a bad answer at all, I can tell you what Matt would be
sure to say: what you are doing is not part of the Apple interface and the
inconsistency is against it and might confuse users. If you are trying to drag
a modal dialog or window, you might consider a modeless dialog or a movable
modal dialog, via FakeModalDialog (name?).
 
I've often thought, though, that it would be nice if windows were dragable w/o
taking up so much room (esp. on the IIGS) for the title bar.
 
I checked the DragWindow docs (never had before) and your use seems right. It
doesn't mention flags it checks. You should try changing some of the bits and
experimenting. Just call SetWFrame in Nifty List while testing your app.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu