config window (Bug #93)

I am still able to open more than one Preferences window. Maybe the Preferences dialog should be opened as a modal dialog or when the user clicks on the Preferences option you can check if the Preferences window is opened. If it is then you can bring it back to focus.

I would have been happy to provide a patch for this but I know Java and I am a novice in Perl. :-(
So for now I can only give tips.

I am still able to open more than one Preferences window.

I can't. What distribution/window manager/AMC version do you use?

I have a Desktop computer and an old laptop. I cannot open more than one Preferences window in the Desktop but I can in the laptop.

Desktop Specifications:

OS: Ubuntu 12.10
Window Manager: GDMSESSION=ubuntu ; XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
AMC Version: Auto Multiple Choice 1.1.1245 (svn:1249)

Laptop Specifications:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Window Manager: GDMSESSION=ubuntu-2d ; XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
AMC Version: Auto Multiple Choice 1.1.1245 (svn:1249)

Also I have noticed that the Preferences window in Desktop looks different than that in the laptop. (There is Minimise and Maximise button in Desktop)

Preference window in Desktop:

Preference window in laptop:

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and AMC 1.1.1255 in a virtualbox, and it shows as your screenshot, but I still can't open two configuration windows: the main menu is not accessible when a config window is opened. This makes debugging quite difficult for me... Do you see something special in the log file produced in debugging mode?

The problem is in Ubuntu 12.04 and not in 12.10.

Sorry I misread your messages.

I tried with Ubuntu 12.04 and get the same result with AMC 1.1.1267 from the test PPA : I can't open two preferences windows.

Can you try revision 1270 and post a new log file in debug mode? I added some more debugging info to be sure the AMC-gui.pl and glade files used are the right ones.

Thanks for all. It seems to be the same files as in my virtualized Ubuntu 12.04, so I don't see what is going on...

Perhaps this is related with Ubuntu #674605

Alexis Bienvenüe wrote:

Perhaps this is related with Ubuntu #674605

Yes it is. I am also able to access the menu bar when the modal window is open in other applications.

Ubuntu #674605 had been reported before two years and still this problem has not been solved. Seeing this it is unlikely that it will be solved in the near future.

In gedit you cannot open more than one Search>Replace window. When you try to open another Replace window the previous window is brought back to focus. Maybe you can do this with the Preferences window.

From r1513 more than one preference window cannot be opened using the menubar.

Hello Alexis.
Looks like my svn username is not linked with my project.auto-multiple-choice.net username. I think that's why the previous post is said to be updated by Anonymous. My svn username is anirvan and my project.auto-multiple-choice.net username is anirvan_0101. Maybe you can link it in the Project settings.