[Glade-users] libglade, GtkDrawingArea, GdkEvents ?

[rjshaw iprimus com au (Russell Shaw)]

goth goth wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I realise a simple application using libglade 2, Gtk
> 2.2 : a GtkDrawingArea in a GtkWindow.
>
> window : signal destroy connect to gtk_main_quit
> drawingarea : signals button_release_event and
> motion_notify_event on two function who g_print event.
>
> drawingarea use the string "00000000001000000100" to
> the GdkEvent (activate GDK_MOTION_NOTIFY_MASK and
> GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK).
>
> Events are not send : no error message but no action
> What is the problem ?

 From the docs:

   To receive mouse events on a drawing area, you will
   need to enable them with gtk_widget_add_events().