Re: [spam score 10.00/10.0 -pobox] Newbie seeks advice (mixing text, widgets, images on a scrollable canvas)

[Pascal Haakmat <a haakmat chello nl>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:

> Pascal Haakmat <a haakmat chello nl> writes: 
> > Basically, the application I am trying to write is a browser. That means I
> > need to render text, images and form elements onto some kind of canvas, and
> > have the entire canvas be scrollable. What I am ultimately looking for is
> > the best way to implement this using GTK, but I'll first explain where my
> > current hackish implementation breaks down.
> >
> > Right now, I am using a GtkFixed container widget as my canvas. Text is
> > drawn directly onto the GtkFixed container widget and I add form elements
> > using gtk_fixed_put().
>
> I would suggest using GtkLayout instead. Unlike GtkFixed, it has an
> infinite scrolling area, and you won't need the viewport.

I have just one quick question; is it safe to have widgets overlap eachother
in a GtkLayout container? How about in general? (What I'm thinking is to add
a GtkDrawingArea to the GtkLayout that completely covers the GtkLayout, then
add GtkEntry widgets in the appropriate places).


Thanks,


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