Re: Getting mouse movement, motion-notify-event problem

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Thursday 12 April 2007 10:17, Arto Karppinen wrote:
> Hi
>
> Im trying to get the location of the mouse using "motion-notify-event"
> like this:
>
> gint events = gtk_widget_get_events(GTK_WIDGET(window));
> gtk_widget_set_events(GTK_WIDGET(window), events |
> GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK); g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(window),
> "motion-notify-event",
>                  G_CALLBACK(motion_notify_event), NULL);
>
> But those events stop coming if i press the any mouse button down and
> move the mouse. Events resume when i lift the button. How do i get mouse
> movement at all times?

If you have a mouse button depressed, then you are draging so you might want 
to use the drag-motion signal.

Chris