Re: Can anyone tell me how to make a floating window?

[John Cupitt <john cupitt ng-london org uk>]

Hi Jack,

Jack Chen wrote:
> Hi, can anyone please tell me how I can make a "floating window", a
> window, dialog, or popup on top of my main window, like the one that
> contains all the drawing tools and can be moved around in Photoshop? 

Take a look at the docs for gtk_window_set_type_hint() and gtk_window_set_transient_for(). You make a regular GtkWindow, set the hints, link it to the parent, and then fill it with your tool buttons.

> Also can someone please tell me how to do something like when you press
> a button, for example - "settings", and then a new window pops up with
> all the configuration options? I just need to know how to create a new
> window and show it.

Very easy, something like:

 new_window = gtk_window_new( GTK_WINDOW_POPUP );
 gtk_window_set_transient_for( new_window, main_window );
 fill_window_with_stuff( new_window );
 gtk_widget_show( new_window );

You might find it helpful to look through another gtk application for tips. Gimp is huge, but really pretty easy to read.

John