Comment 4 for bug 814496

Am 01.07.2014 08:35, schrieb tduell:
> OK, tried to test this using hugin-2014.1.0 (changeset 6666) Fedora 20 x86_64.
> Stitcher dialog asking whether existing images should be deleted opens on top OK.
> Didn't see any window opened by "woa", but it was clear that it had completed. I haven't used "woa" previously and maybe its behaviour has changed.
> "Crop control points" opened window on top OK.
> I haven't experienced any other windows not displaying on top.
> Not conclusive, additional tests by others would be helpful.
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
>

Initially, I (kfj) wrote:

 > Bug description:
 > for some time I've been annoyed by a quirk in hugin: some modal
 > dialogs are not displayed on top of all other windows, but remain
 > hidden behind other windows on the desktop. This has the effect that
 > hugin becomes unresponsive until one Alt-Tabs to the dialog in
 > question and responds to it. I've noticed this behaviour with two
 > dialogs:

 > - the stitcher dialog asking whether existing images should be deleted

 > - the dialog reporting the return code of a python script

 > ...

The first bug is still present here:

Betriebssystem: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
Architektur: 64 bit
Freier Speicher: 4766072 kiB

Hugin
Version: Pre-Release 2014.1.0.0f320becf3dc
Ressourcen-Pfad: /usr/local/share/hugin/xrc/
Datenpfad: /usr/local/share/hugin/data/
Hugins camera and lens database: /home/kfj/.hugindata/camlens.db

Bibliotheken
wxWidgets: 2.8.12.1
libpano13: 2.9.19
Boost: 1.55.0
Exiv2: 0.23.0
SQLite3: 3.8.2

The second one is probably still there but doesn't show very often,
because, if I remember correctly, the C++ code has been changed to
not show any notification of the resturn code of a python script
if the script returns zero, which is the standard return for error-free
completion.

I still suspect there should be a flag to open the modal boxes so that
they are 'always on top', e.g. the wxSTAY_ON_TOP style for wxDialog, but
this is only a guess.

Kay