Re: window move handle widget

[Andreas Volz <andreas brachttal net>]

Am Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:28:23 +0200 schrieb Andreas Volz:

> Am Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:28:18 +0200 schrieb Gus Koppel:
>
> > Another way could be to manage the window dragging on your own by
> > tracking the mouse coordinates and moving the window accordingly.
> > Drag mode could be triggered by a "drag" button or even by just
> > clicking somewhere in the background of the window. AFAIK GTK
> > doesn't provide special support for such a feature so you'd have to
> > program a bit more on your own. By moving the window yourself you
> > could of course keep track of its coordinates and store and restore
> > them between sessions of your program (which isn't possible with
> > GtkHandleBox's).
>
> 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?

Ok, stupid me I found the root_x, root_y thing ;-)

thanks
Andreas