Re: Global motion events

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Owen Taylor wrote:
> Rather then comment on the patch immediately, I thought I'd go back
> and try to write up the problems we are trying to solve here in some
> detail so I'd have them clear in my own mind.
>
> 						- Owen
>
> Issues to solve
> ===============

...

>  2. The need to have windows to catch mouse events in itself
>     is a problem. It's a frequent GTK+ FAQ, GTK+ widgets like 
>     GtkLabel have complex logic for sometimes adding an event
>     widget, and an artificial restriction is introduced for
>     for drag sources and tooltips.

Why doesn't every widget have an X window?