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copied!<p>Setup:</p> <ul> <li>OS: Ubuntu Precise (12.04) amd64</li> <li>Python: 2.7.3</li> <li>GTK: 2.24.0</li> <li>WindowManager: metacity and FVWM2 both exhibit the same behavior</li> </ul> <p>I have a small pygtk app that contains (among other widgets) a treeview. The window has resizable=False so as the treeview is expanded/collapsed, the window automatically resizes to fit the content. This all works just fine.</p> <p>The problem is that when the window resizes, it stays centered on where it was. I want the top-left corner of the window to stay in the same spot when the window resizes.</p> <p>I've found that calling parse_geometry() with a +x+y position will induce the desired behavior. But that's not always an option. In the typical case, I want the window to open where the mouse is, not in a fixed location.</p> <p>I suspect I need to set gtk.gdk.HINT_USER_POS, but as best I can tell, pygtk's version of set_geometry_hints() doesn't allow me to pass GdkWindowHints like the C and Perl interfaces do.</p> <p>How can I make the window's top-left corner stay still as the contents cause the window to change size?</p> <p><b>Update:</b></p> <p>Since parse_geometry() sets the bit for me, just before gtk.main(), I call</p> <pre><code>gobject.timeout_add(500, self.fix_window) </code></pre> <p>The callback is:</p> <pre><code>def fix_window(self): self.window.parse_geometry("+%d+%d" % self.window.get_position()) </code></pre> <p>While this works, it's ugly so I'd still appreciate a better alternative.</p>

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