Re: window move handle widget

[Gus Koppel <gtk spamkiller bytechase cx>]

Andreas Volz wrote:

> Thanks for your answer. I looked at GtkHandleBox and I think this is not
> what I thought :-(
>
> But the other idea is not bad. I found this function in the gtk
> reference manual:  
>
> gtk_window_begin_move_drag      (GtkWindow *window,
>                                              gint button,
>                                              gint root_x,
>                                              gint root_y,
>                                              guint32 timestamp);
>
> It works well for static values of root_x and root_y, but how could I
> get the current root_x, root_y mouse position inside my application?

I had overlooked that one. Looks like the right one for you. Since GTK 2.2
the root mouse pointer position can be obtained by gdk_display_get_pointer
(). Don't know how to obtain it in earlier versions unfortunately.