work work on window mgmt: offer the change to mark all floating windows as Dialogs (in th theme manager), and mark ArdourWindow and ArdourDialog as transient-for on creation, based on current WindowManager (ardour-object) settings

gtk2_ardour/ardour_dialog.cc

@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ void
 ArdourDialog::init ()
 {
 	set_border_width (10);
-	// set_type_hint (Gdk::WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG);
+
+	set_type_hint (Gdk::WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG);
+
+	Gtk::Window* parent = WindowManager::instance().transient_parent();
+
+	if (parent) {
+		set_transient_for (*parent);
+	}
+
 	ARDOUR_UI::CloseAllDialogs.connect (sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ArdourDialog::response), RESPONSE_CANCEL));
 }

gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc

@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ ARDOUR_UI::ARDOUR_UI (int *argcp, char **argvp[], const char* localedir)
 	
 	, gui_object_state (new GUIObjectState)
 
-	, _startup (0)
-	, engine (0)
-	, nsm (0)
-	, _was_dirty (false)
-	, _mixer_on_top (false)
-
 	, primary_clock (new MainClock (X_("primary"), false, X_("transport"), true, true, true, false, true))
 	, secondary_clock (new MainClock (X_("secondary"), false, X_("secondary"), true, true, false, false, true))
 
@@ -162,6 +156,14 @@ ARDOUR_UI::ARDOUR_UI (int *argcp, char **argvp[], const char* localedir)
 
 	, big_clock (new AudioClock (X_("bigclock"), false, "big", true, true, false, false))
 
+	  /* start of private members */
+
+	, _startup (0)
+	, engine (0)
+	, nsm (0)
+	, _was_dirty (false)
+	, _mixer_on_top (false)
+
 	  /* transport */
 
 	, roll_controllable (new TransportControllable ("transport roll", *this, TransportControllable::Roll))

gtk2_ardour/ardour_window.cc

@@ -102,8 +102,21 @@ ArdourWindow::init ()
                vice versa.
         */
 
-        set_type_hint (Gdk::WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_UTILITY);
+	if (ARDOUR_UI::instance()->config()->all_floating_windows_are_dialogs.get()) {
+		cerr << "AW " << get_title() <<  " => dialog\n";
+		set_type_hint (Gdk::WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG);
+	} else {
+		cerr << "AW " << get_title() << " => utility\n";
+		set_type_hint (Gdk::WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_UTILITY);
+	}
 
+	Gtk::Window* parent = WindowManager::instance().transient_parent();
+
+	if (parent) {
+		cerr << "\tmarked as transient for " << parent->get_title() << endl;
+		set_transient_for (*parent);
+	}
+	
 	ARDOUR_UI::CloseAllDialogs.connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ArdourWindow::hide));
 }
 

gtk2_ardour/theme_manager.cc

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "gtkmm2ext/cell_renderer_color_selector.h"
 
 #include "pbd/file_utils.h"
+#include "pbd/compose.h"
 
 #include "ardour/filesystem_paths.h"
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ ThemeManager::ThemeManager()
 	, light_button (_("Light Theme"))
 	, reset_button (_("Restore Defaults"))
 	, flat_buttons (_("Draw \"flat\" buttons"))
+	, all_dialogs (_("All floating windows are dialogs"))
 	, gradient_waveforms (_("Draw waveforms with color gradient"))
 {
 	set_title (_("Theme Manager"));
@@ -92,6 +94,9 @@ ThemeManager::ThemeManager()
 	vbox->set_homogeneous (false);
 	vbox->pack_start (theme_selection_hbox, PACK_SHRINK);
 	vbox->pack_start (reset_button, PACK_SHRINK);
+#ifndef __APPLE__
+	vbox->pack_start (all_dialogs, PACK_SHRINK);
+#endif
 	vbox->pack_start (flat_buttons, PACK_SHRINK);
 	vbox->pack_start (gradient_waveforms, PACK_SHRINK);
 	vbox->pack_start (scroller);
@@ -111,8 +116,14 @@ ThemeManager::ThemeManager()
 	light_button.signal_toggled().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ThemeManager::on_light_theme_button_toggled));
 	reset_button.signal_clicked().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ThemeManager::reset_canvas_colors));
 	flat_buttons.signal_toggled().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ThemeManager::on_flat_buttons_toggled));
+	all_dialogs.signal_toggled().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ThemeManager::on_all_dialogs_toggled));
 	gradient_waveforms.signal_toggled().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &ThemeManager::on_gradient_waveforms_toggled));
 
+	Gtkmm2ext::UI::instance()->set_tip (all_dialogs, 
+					    string_compose (_("Mark all floating windows to be type \"Dialog\" rather than using \"Utility\" for some.\n"
+							      "This may help with some window managers. This requires a restart of %1 to take effect"),
+							    PROGRAM_NAME));
+
 	set_size_request (-1, 400);
 	setup_theme ();
 }
@@ -248,6 +259,13 @@ ThemeManager::on_flat_buttons_toggled ()
 	gtk_rc_reset_styles (gtk_settings_get_default());
 }
 
+void
+ThemeManager::on_all_dialogs_toggled ()
+{
+	ARDOUR_UI::config()->all_floating_windows_are_dialogs.set (all_dialogs.get_active());
+	ARDOUR_UI::config()->set_dirty ();
+}
+
 void
 ThemeManager::on_gradient_waveforms_toggled ()
 {
@@ -369,6 +387,7 @@ ThemeManager::setup_theme ()
 	}
 	
 	flat_buttons.set_active (ARDOUR_UI::config()->flat_buttons.get());
+	all_dialogs.set_active (ARDOUR_UI::config()->all_floating_windows_are_dialogs.get());
 	gradient_waveforms.set_active (ARDOUR_UI::config()->gradient_waveforms.get());
 	
 	load_rc_file(rcfile, false);

gtk2_ardour/theme_manager.h

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class ThemeManager : public ArdourWindow
 	void on_dark_theme_button_toggled ();
 	void on_light_theme_button_toggled ();
 	void on_flat_buttons_toggled ();
+	void on_all_dialogs_toggled ();
 	void on_gradient_waveforms_toggled ();
 
   private:
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class ThemeManager : public ArdourWindow
 	Gtk::RadioButton light_button;
 	Gtk::Button reset_button;
 	Gtk::CheckButton flat_buttons;
+	Gtk::CheckButton all_dialogs;
 	Gtk::CheckButton gradient_waveforms;
 
 	bool button_press_event (GdkEventButton*);

gtk2_ardour/ui_config_vars.h

@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
 UI_CONFIG_VARIABLE(std::string, ui_rc_file, "ui-rc-file", "ardour3_ui_dark.rc")
 UI_CONFIG_VARIABLE(bool, flat_buttons, "flat-buttons", false)
 UI_CONFIG_VARIABLE(bool, gradient_waveforms, "gradient-waveforms", false)
+UI_CONFIG_VARIABLE(bool, all_floating_windows_are_dialogs, "all-floating-windows-are-dialogs", false)
 

gtk2_ardour/window_manager.cc

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ WindowManager::instance ()
 }
 
 WindowManager::WindowManager ()
+	: current_transient_parent (0)
 {
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ WindowManager::set_transient_for (Gtk::Window* parent)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	current_transient_parent = parent;
 }
 
 /*-----------------------*/

gtk2_ardour/window_manager.h

@@ -182,11 +182,13 @@ class WindowManager
 
     /* HACK HACK HACK */
     void set_transient_for (Gtk::Window*);
+    Gtk::Window* transient_parent() const { return current_transient_parent; }
 
   private:
     typedef std::list<ProxyBase*> Windows;
     Windows _windows;
     Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::ActionGroup> window_actions;
+    Gtk::Window* current_transient_parent;
 
     WindowManager();
     ~WindowManager();