Re: let others applications draw widgets, is that possible ?

[gaurav <gaurav roy azingo com>]

Think, its already there. 
I didn't quite understand the click problem, but a combination of
GtkPlug and GtkSocket may work for you.

http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkPlug.html
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkSocket.html

HTH,
Gaurav Roy..

On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 00:58 +0100, Mildred wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to create an application that can embed widgets provided
> by other application/processes ... much like the gnome-panel. And I
> would like to know if it is possible without recreating a graphical API
> using dbus (unless there is something that already exists), nor use
> xembed.
> 
> The reason why I don't want to use xembed is that it provides
> very little integration between the 'widgets' drawn.
> 
> As an example, you can't draw a menu like that. At least you can't with
> the gnome-panel. Try for example to open a menu in the menubar applet,
> then then try to open the mixer applet menu only by moving the mouse
> over the applet icon, without clicking. That's not possible.
> You'll need to click twice, one to close the first menu, one to open the
> second.
> 
> A solution could be to map the complete Gtk api to dBus, but that's
> quite some work ... And I'm not sure about the efficiency.
> 
> So the question  finally gets down to ... is it possible to achieve a
> better integration ? And any ideas how ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mildred
>