Re: How to use get_window() function?

[José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque cox net>]

Paulo Flabiano Smorigo wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to use the get_window() function to get the window id of my 
> gtkmm app but the function returns null.
> This is the function that I'm using:
>
> int wid;
> Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window> wid = get_window();
> wid = GDK_WINDOW_XID(Glib::unwrap(get_window()));
> std::cout << "WID: " << wid << std::endl;
>
> So, what's wrong?

You need to make sure your widget is realized (showing on screen) 
first.  See for example following threads:


http://marc.info/?l=gtkmm&m=120640734302938&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=gtkmm&m=120641965018848&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=gtkmm&m=120119160717684&w=2

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José Alburquerque