GTK 4: messagedialog "center to parent window"

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Hi

In GTK 3 we could set any window (including a messagedialog) at the center of the screen.
I read on the forum this is removed in GTK 4.

Is there a way to set a messagedialog to the center of the parent?
Not to the center of the screen but the center of the parent.
I’m using a lot of messagedialogs and it’s silly they all appear top left of the screen, while the application window is somewhere else.

If this is not possible, could a setting 'center to parent window" be added in an update?
Or maybe this is not possible because any positioning code of a window is completely removed?

Thanks

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Positioning windows is the job of the window manager, not the application. Most window manangers will try to position dialogs near their parent, so you need to set the transient-parent property on the dialog to point to the application’s window. If the window manager does not have a rule for that, then please open an issue on the window manager’s bug tracker.

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