Improvements #14474: WDialog::positionAt overloads have inconsistent behavior - Wt - Redmine

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WDialog::positionAt overloads have inconsistent behavior

Added by Michael Seibt 17 days ago. Updated 5 days ago.

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Target version:

4.13.3

Start date:

04/15/2026

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Affected: WDialog::positionAt(WWidget*, Orientation) and WDialog::positionAt(const WMouseEvent&) of Wt 4.13.0 (and former versions, checked down to 4.11.4)
WDialog::positionAt(WWidget*, Orientation) shows the dialog as documented and positions it.
WDialog::positionAt(const WMouseEvent&) is only applied if the dialog is visible. There is no more documentation than "Set the position of the widget at the mouse position."

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main.cpp (10.7 KB) main.cpp

Michael Seibt, 04/16/2026 09:44 AM

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Updated by Michael Seibt 16 days ago

File main.cpp main.cpp added

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run attached main.cpp
select a WTableView cell
press Space (invokes WDialog::positionAt(WWidget*, Orientation)) --> A WDialog pops up aside the cell.
right click a cell (invokes WDialog::positionAt(const WMouseEvent&)) --> Popup is moved to mouse position.
close popup
right click a cell (invokes WDialog::positionAt(const WMouseEvent&)) --> No popup.
push button "Show popup" --> Popup is shown centered, but not at the mouse position as requested before.