Re: GDK: Childwindows

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

"Stefan Andersen" <zingo zingo org> writes:

> Hello
> Im working on a port of gtk (and glib/atk/pango) to a new platform (tao's intent/elate/AmigaDE)
> and have some question about how childwindows work in gdk.
> 
> Rigth now I simulate the childwindow with a "full blow's" window and observe a few things
> 
> (se screenshots on http://www.vectrace.com/gnome for reference I know the childwindow's is not
> in sync but that will come in the next release)
> 
> 1. All buttons and clickable areas seems to be childwindows, why?
> 2. All buttons childwindows seems to be drawn black, and the gfx is in the orginal window why?

It sounds that you aren't handling input-only windows. Read about
them in the X11 docs, but basically an input-only window is 
completely transparent and can only have completely transparent children.

But you _will_ have to handle input-output child windows as well.

Regards,
                                        Owen