On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 08:06:31 -0600, Bob Caryl wrote: > Jan Hudec wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 17:33:38 +0100, Francois Berger wrote: > > > >>i'm a newbie to gtkmm and i'd like to know if it is possible to use > >>some kind of transparency property to create a rounded frame, or a > >>frame with a hole in it... > >> > > > >IIRC among the examples there is one that creates shaped window. It > >should be the one called 'wheelbarrow'. Have a look there. > > > >However I am not sure it's a good idea to use this. It might be, > >depending on what you are doing, but a standard look and feel is usualy > >more usable. Also note, that the window decoration is under control of > >window manager, NOT the application. > Having been a Windows programmer for many years, this post intrigues > me. Is there no support for the concept of "owner drawn" controls and > windows under linux? *ALL* windows and controls are drawn by the owner in X. The X server only provides drawing. I was talking about the *decoration*. "Decoration" means the frame around most windows, that usualy contains things like maximize and close buttons. That is drawn by a separate application called "window manager" and that application will draw rectangular frames even if the window itself will be shaped. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>
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