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hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox() and view()

Aldo2

Hello,

I would like to open a file, through view(), always in the same position.

I am using hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox() to get the boxSpec value for view(), but I have a 30pt-shift in y direction (correction is in red.)

if(boundp('viewFile) && windowp(viewFile) then
    boxSpec=hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox(viewFile)
    boxSpec=list(list(caar(boxSpec) cadar(boxSpec)-30) list(caadr(boxSpec) cadadr(boxSpec)-30))
    hiCloseWindow(viewFile)
    viewFile=view(hiGetCurrentForm()~>strFile~>value boxSpec)
else
    viewFile=view(hiGetCurrentForm()~>strFile~>value nil    )
)

Thank you,

Aldo

  • skillUser

    Hi Aldo,

    Have you tried including a non-nil value to the optional argument to the hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox function:

    hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox(w_windowId [g_includeWMOffsets] )

    This doesn't fully eliminate the need for correction, but should reduce it greatly.

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

  • Aldo2
    in reply to skillUser

    Hi Lawrence,

    I have tried now, but, as you says, there is an offset also in this case.

    I could get the real y-offset value (30 in my case) as cadddr(hiGetWMOffsets()), but I do not know if this is a general solution for any windows manager.

    What do you think?

    Thank you very much

    Best regards,

    Aldo

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Aldo2

    Hi Aldo,

    It's been a while since I looked into the precise nature of window manager offsets across different window managers, but I do know in the past some window managers were less well behaved about honouring precise coordinates. Without experimenting with a lot of window managers, I'm not sure I could confidently say this will work OK.

    However, I would ask why you need to close and recreate the window each time. Why not use hiSetViewfile(viewWindow newFile) to update the existing window to the new file contents? Then it will stay exactly where it was before...

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Aldo2
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    hiSetViewfile() works fine. It is the best solution for me.

    Thank you very much

    Best regards,

    Aldo

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