I am very gratefull for all the answers I got. I think we can close the subject after the hint of Antonio Gomes and the solution of Peter Bloomfield, although the mystery of the different behaviour in GTK1* and GTK2* remains a mystery to me. I thank you all again for helping me, GTK2 will remain number ONE for me!! Cheers, Kees _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list