Re: Video in GooCanvas

[Damon Chaplin <damon karuna eclipse co uk>]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 18:57 +0100, Timm Preetz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've written a simple GTK.Widget that allows me to play videos.
> 
> But when I import that by using Goo.CanvasWidget it is always in the
> foreground.
> 
> Does anyone know an alternative way to play a video _in the background_
> of a Goo.Canvas?
> 
> Or will it sometime be possible to draw on top of a CanvasWidget?

Widgets weren't designed to be stacked so this sort of thing is quite
difficult in GTK+.

If your widget drew onto the canvas GDK window instead of using its own
window it might be possible. (You can test this out by trying to draw on
top of a GtkLabel widget in the canvas.)

Damon