This is what i found on the GtkApplication docs: > While GtkApplication works fine with plain GtkWindows, it is recommended to > use it together with GtkApplicationWindow.
So, you can use just a GtkWindow, or "TaskWindow" for say... I've not tested, but it should work. 2016-08-13 10:21 GMT-03:00 <zahlenm...@gmx.de>: > This is exactly what I thought of, but I also want to allow to run my > program without the main window (like ./prog --task which only opens a > task window). So I would have to run a GtkApplication without any > GtkApplicationWindow. As the applications life cycle is tied to its > ApplicationWindows this approach just seems wrong. > > On 08/13/16 14:14, Victor Aurélio Santos wrote: >> GtkApplicationWindow, loads a menubar from resources automatically if >> they exists. >> So, You can have main window as GtkApplicationWindow and have tasks as >> GtkWindow. >> >> For GtkWindow you'll add a GtkMenuBar to it as any widget. >> >> I'm not a Gtk+ expert, but this is how I would do. >> >> 2016-08-13 8:22 GMT-03:00 <zahlenm...@gmx.de>: >>> Hi everyone, >>> I am working on a project where I am struggling to decide which >>> classes/objects I should use. I use gtk3 but it's still a classical >>> application, so no fancy appmenu, CSD and not primarily designed for the >>> Gnome DE. >>> >>> The program works as follows: >>> - A unique main window, with a main menu bar >>> - Multiple task windows, all with a task menu bar >>> - The program can be called with ./prog --task to only open the task >>> window, not the main window >>> >>> The first thing one would find in the documentation is GtkApplication >>> and GtkApplicationWindow, but those have some limitations I currently >>> don't know how to deal with: >>> - Different menubars for different windows (main window vs. task window) >>> >>> So the idea would be to use a normal GtkWindow for the task windows, but >>> in this case I have: >>> - Application life-cycle without a GtkApplicationWindow? >>> >>> So for me the most promising solution would be to skip GtkApplication >>> and GtkApplicationWindow at all, using plain GtkWindows and writing my >>> custom application class. Of course this means extra work to get all the >>> nice benefits GtkApplication offers out of the box. >>> >>> Do you have any ideas how I could design my application accordingly? >>> >>> Kind regards >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >>> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list -- Victor Aurélio Santos _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
