[Bug 277847] New: minimize button in modal dialogs

[Alan Ezust]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277847

           Summary: minimize button in modal dialogs
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.6
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: alan.ezust at gmail.com


Version:           4.6 (using KDE 4.6.4) 
OS:                Linux

I notice a minimize button which should not be there in the window decorations
of modal dialogs. 

On windows and in gtk, it doesn't show up at all.

In KDE, its behavior is a bit different depending on what the underlying
toolkit is.

For example, if it's a Java modal dialog, and I minimize it, I can't see it
anymore, and the only way to show it again is to then minimize the parent
window, and then click on the app's button from the taskbar.

If it's a modal dialog from thunderbird, then minimizing the dialog also
minimizes its parent window, which is acceptible, since then a single click on
the app from the taskbar restores both windows.

If from Konsole, I do a "help - about KDE" I get a modal dialog that I can
minimize and then I can type into Konsole as if nothing happened.
That's bizarre.

Really, we don't need the minimize button at all for modal dialogs. Do we?



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
pop up a modal dialog from different kinds of apps and minimize it. see what
happens.
Do you like it?


Actual Results:  
Modal dialog disappears and you can't get it back without doing something
advanced.


Expected Results:  
don't let us minimize them. they're modal goddamnit. If we can minimize the app
window, that's good enough for me!

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