Re: How to stack widgets or GtkFixed doesn't seem to work well for stacking

2006-05-15 Thread Paul Davis
On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 10:55 -0500, Matt Hoosier wrote: > I'm a co-worker of the original poster on this thread. Part of the > trouble with using a new dialog is that it allocates a new X11 window, > which is not guaranteed to be alpha blended with the parent window. > Platforms with a compositing X

Re: How to stack widgets or GtkFixed doesn't seem to work well for stacking

2006-05-14 Thread Sean Kelley
All, On 5/14/06, Matt Hoosier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm a co-worker of the original poster on this thread. Part of the trouble with using a new dialog is that it allocates a new X11 window, which is not guaranteed to be alpha blended with the parent window. Platforms with a compositing X se

Re: How to stack widgets or GtkFixed doesn't seem to work well for stacking

2006-05-14 Thread Matt Hoosier
I'm a co-worker of the original poster on this thread. Part of the trouble with using a new dialog is that it allocates a new X11 window, which is not guaranteed to be alpha blended with the parent window. Platforms with a compositing X server support this, but that's a little more difficult to ge

Re: How to stack widgets or GtkFixed doesn't seem to work well for stacking

2006-05-12 Thread Murray Cumming
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 06:58 -0500, Sean Kelley wrote: > It appers that GtkFixed is not really designed for stacking widgets as > it does not have > a concept of a z-axis. What gets drawn on top is purely a matter of what > child comes last when drawing, and a similar story is with input. > > If yo

Re: How to stack widgets or GtkFixed doesn't seem to work well for stacking

2006-05-11 Thread John Cupitt
On 5/11/06, Sean Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It appers that GtkFixed is not really designed for stacking widgets as it does not have a concept of a z-axis. What gets drawn on top is purely a matter of what child comes last when drawing, and a similar story is with input. GTK does not have

How to stack widgets or GtkFixed doesn't seem to work well for stacking

2006-05-11 Thread Sean Kelley
It appers that GtkFixed is not really designed for stacking widgets as it does not have a concept of a z-axis. What gets drawn on top is purely a matter of what child comes last when drawing, and a similar story is with input. If you need to stack things, how is this best accomplished? Imagine y