Re: Application design problem

[Ivan Popivanov <popivan gmx net>]

Resolved.

Ivan Popivanov wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Here is an outline of the hierarchy design that I came up with for my 
> application:
>
> Main Window: GtkWindow: main application window
>   GtkVBox: to hold the menu, toolbar, application client area
>      Client Area: not sure about the type of this object, see below
>         GtkFixed: to manage the coordinate of few widgets that will be 
> needed in the client area
>            MyObjects: see below
>
> For the client area I need something that I can draw on. My first 
> thought was GtkDrawingArea, however, I run into problems when I tried 
> to attach the GtkFixed child. GtkDrawingArea is not a container right? 
> Then I tried GtkWindow and it didn't work either (the name is kind of 
> misleading, isn't it). At the end I decided that probably the best 
> match is GtkBin, the reason, the client area is going to have a single 
> child, namely the GtkFixed.
>
> My objects I created as GtkMisc (after few other tries), because I 
> want them to be window less, like GtkLabel. I added function members 
> to handle EXPOSE events.
>
> THE PROBLEM is that I receive the expose event in the Client Area, so 
> I can draw the background etc, however, I don't get any expose events 
> in MyObjects. They are on the top of the client area, but they don't 
> receive any draw messages.
>
> One more thing, I'm using gtkmm, that's why I didn't attach the code. 
> However, I don't think that's gtkmm issue.
>
> Any idea/explanation about event propagation in Gtk?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ivan
>
>
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