Yea... after thinking about it more I think I'll stick with either implementing my own widget or using a graph widget (time vs value) that the user can edit with a pencil, eraser, or line (how reason does it).
On 9/7/06, David Nečas (Yeti) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:42:16AM -0400, Samuel Cormier-Iijima wrote: > > > > I thought g_timeout_add > > would cause timing to be off (it would unsynchronize over time), but > > using a GTimer fixed it. > > Yes, g_timeout_add() is just a best-effort timer, no > real-time. But many apps do not need to run the callbacks > in precise intervals, they only need to know precisely when > the callback is actually called -- and this can be done with > a GTimer as you did. > > > The problem I'm currently having is this: I'd > > like to know when the user is "holding" the slider, that is, has the > > mouse button pressed on the slider itself, not in the "trough", so > > that the user can record "over" his previous recording. This is kinda > > hard to explain, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea from a UI point > > of view... > > I think I understand, but I'm afraid Gtk+ provides no public > interface for that. Especially the extreme no-motion case > is hardly detectable, that is when user just presses the > slider but does not move it at all to set a fixed value over > a time interval. IMO it's not a bad UI idea, except that > the value the slider `wants' at given moment (from previous > recording) becomes invisible once you press it. So it's > hard not to cause a jump when you release it. But it can be > visualized somehow. > > In similar situations one can fork the Gtk+ widget and add > the required functionality, although in this case the fork > would have to include at least GtkRange, GtkScale, GtkHScale > and/or GtkVScale. > > Yeti > > > -- > Anonyms eat their boogers. > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
