wxAUI Floating pane vs. wxDialog

[JosefH]

Hi,
We have an image browser application, working fine on Windows.
Now ported to Mac/Carbon, and there are some problems !

The browser windows are floating AUI panes. If we call a modal dialog (wxDialog), it disappears behind the floating panes.
If we set the dialog to "wxSTAY_ON_TOP", it appears in front of the floating pane, but a wxCalendarCtrl used in this dialog will be created behind the floating pane - which is not really fine.

Thanks in advance for any good idea
Josef

[Ben]

Hi Josef,

Can you post a screenshot? It might help me diagnose the problem a little better.

wxCalendarCtrl can be tricky, because there are multiple controls involved. Last I checked (about a year ago), reparenting doesn't work too well on calendar control. I'm not sure if this is the cause of your problem.

I also thought that, if you're working with wxDialog and something isn't working, it would be difficult to conceive that this would relate to a wxAUI problem. However, I could be wrong.

Best,
Ben

[JosefH]

Hi Ben,
Thanks for your quick reply.
Attached you can see the window layers (as I told, Mac/Carbon), bottom to top:

- desktop with log window
- application main frame (IP number to be seen)
- calendar control
- browser (floating AUI pane)
- wxDialog (I have clicked on the deletion date control)

Regards
Josef

I hope I can attach this pdf file

[img]Y:\ImageDesk\wxAUI Layers.pdf[/img]

[JosefH]

as I see I cannot post the image here

[Ben]

Hi Josef,

I think it has to be a real web link, not a local file reference.

All the best,
Ben

[JosefH]

http://www.codesco.com/webcdc/wxaui_layers.jpg

[JosefH]

Hi Ben,

I have had to start with this: we appreciate your efforts very much! wxAUI is a really super package!

But : There is one more problem with the floating pane on Mac/Carbon. The Windows version works fine, the Mac version is only ok if our browser window is not floating.

We have a wxToolBar, a wxScrolledWindow and a wxTextCtrl on the pane. Writing text to the wxTextCtrl it appears on the main window.

I attach another screenshot. The text "A small truck..." should appear in the text control on the bottom right.

Wish you a happy weekend
Josef

http://www.codesco.com/webcdc/wxaui_textctrl.jpg

[Ben]

Hi Josef,

After looking at the screenshot, I feel like this is probably a bug in wxCalendarCtrl, perhaps specific to Max OS X.

Though I'm not entirely certain, the fact that this is in a dialog seems to mean to me that the bug is independent of wxAUI. Is this the case, or is the calendar control in an AUI frame?

Thanks,
Ben

[JosefH]

Hi Ben,
The problem arises only on Mac/Carbon, the Windows version is ok.

The wxDatePickerCtrl is used in a normal wxDialog, which is called from the floating wxAUI pane.

- if the pane is not floating, everything is ok (without wxSTAY_ON_TOP set for the dialog)

- if the pane is floating, and I donot set wxSTAY_ON_TOP for the wxDialog, even the dialog is behind the floating pane (not on Win!)

- if the pane is floating, and wxSTAY_ON_TOP is set for the dialog, it comes to the front, above the floating pane, but the calendar control goes behind the pane

So it is a really special situation:
Mac/Carbon + floating pane + wxDialog + calendar control

(wxWidgets 2.63, wxAUI 0.92, Metroworks 8.3)

Regards
Josef