On 6/17/05, Alem Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/17/05, y g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > Btw is it possible to "redirect" the destroy event to a hide event > > when the X button in the decoration frame is clicked? I tried doing so > > by using a signal handler to the object destroy signal but no luck. > > Even setting the property of auto-destroy to false does not make a > > difference, although I do not understand what is this property exactly > > for? > > > > If by "destroy" you mean "delete", then yes, just handle the > delete-event signal, and have the handler hide the window and return > TRUE. > No, I think the destroy event signal emitted when you click the X button on the decoration of the window.
> If by "destroy" you really mean "destroy", then I would say that it > may be possible by writing your own GDK event handler, but it seems > doubtful. The destroy/annihilate functionality is there precisely so > that the window can still be made to go away, even if the program that > controls it is not responding. > I guess you are right as it makes sense. > That being said, I have just tried to work around this in two ways: > one, by having a destroy handler show the window, and two, by having a > timeout re-show the window every second. I think in my case it would be reorganisation of my code as it is kind of messy. Catching the destroy event and preventing from actually destroying the window was the easy way. Thanks for the help. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
