Re: Making widgets visible outside their containing window

2011-07-15 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
Thanks for the hint, looks like they're doing something similar to what I want to do. On 07/13/2011 07:12 PM, James Morris wrote: > 2011/7/13 Felix H. Dahlke : >> Thanks for your answers. I did fool around with a popup, but it would >> also overlap other windows, transient or not. Furthermore, I n

Re: Making widgets visible outside their containing window

2011-07-13 Thread James Morris
2011/7/13 Felix H. Dahlke : > Thanks for your answers. I did fool around with a popup, but it would > also overlap other windows, transient or not. Furthermore, I need it to > move relative to the window if that is moved. > > Maybe it's best if I tell you what I'm trying to do in particular: > I'm

Re: Making widgets visible outside their containing window

2011-07-13 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
Thanks for your answers. I did fool around with a popup, but it would also overlap other windows, transient or not. Furthermore, I need it to move relative to the window if that is moved. Maybe it's best if I tell you what I'm trying to do in particular: I'm working on something like a tooltip. Ho

Re: Making widgets visible outside their containing window

2011-07-13 Thread Bill Czermak
Maybe the answer to your question is simply "No" You are displaying stuff in your window Generally the windows manager decides where on the screen to put stuff, so you can either use your existing window and allow GTK to display things as it thinks fit, which may not be what you expect.

Re: Making widgets visible outside their containing window

2011-07-12 Thread Sam Spilsbury
2011/7/13 Felix H. Dahlke : > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to GTK (using version 2.24), and I'm wondering if I can > move a widget (partly) outside the area of a window and still have it > displayed. > > Consider the following code, where I've tried to use a GtkFixed to > position a label partly outside

Making widgets visible outside their containing window

2011-07-12 Thread Felix H. Dahlke
Hi, I'm fairly new to GTK (using version 2.24), and I'm wondering if I can move a widget (partly) outside the area of a window and still have it displayed. Consider the following code, where I've tried to use a GtkFixed to position a label partly outside the window: == int main(int argc,