GNU bug report logs - #44961
28.0.50; [feature/pgtk] frame-position returns incorrect information

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Yuuki Harano <masm+emacs <at> masm11.me>, 44961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44961: 28.0.50; [feature/pgtk] frame-position returns
 incorrect information
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 10:23:08 +0100

>> Thanks.  So if we can position and reposition our tooltips, I don't
>> understand why we can't do the same with the other two (and obviously
>> normal frames either).  Is there some special magic involved with
>> tooltips?  Is it because they are so small, have no decorations?
>
> Pgtk's Emacs' native tooltip is implemented by popup window, not toplevel window.
> Tooltip doesn't have to be moved by users manually, doesn't have decorations,
> and its position is important, so I created it by popup window.

I see.  So we are left with the fact that we won't be able to position
(and maybe also size) top-level frames in a foreseeable future and our
application writers must keep that in mind.

martin

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