Re: Does GTK support this contruction and how do do

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

You want something like this:

+-------------------------+
|+-----------+ GtkWindow  |
|| GtkFixed  |            |
||           |(freespace) |
||           |            |
||           |            |
|+-----------+            |
+-------------------------+

Your GtkFixed (container impl.) will
always stay the same size and is a child
of your GtkWindow (will always follow 
parent window).

> In this region I want to have different popup windows depending the user
> selects.

Just remove whatever was in the GtkFixed
and add new stuff to it (could even be 
another gtk fixed inside this one).

this way you could have a function:

GtkFixed *create_help_screen(args...);

which you could:

gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(fixed_placeholder), 
                  GTK_WIDGET(fixed_help_screen));

Get the Idea ?

Cheers,
                        -Tristan


günther wrote:
> I have a main_window toplevel
>
> one part is free and reserved nt occupied with any widget.
>
> In this region I want to have different popup windows depending the user
> selects.
> Questions)
> 1) This popup window should come up at the specified free region on the
> main_window
>                      how to place the popup directly always at the same
> place
> 2) more important the popup window should always be in the front of the
> main_window
>    and not be hidden by the main_window  if clicked on
>                       how to keep it always in front
> 3)  The popup should be fixed to the position at the main_window, so if
> you move
>     the main_window   the popup should move in front visible with the
> main_window
>      comparable with the HandleBox Widget
>                       how to move both   without  writing handler to
> detect the movement
>                                                   and place the popup
> new with own code.
>                       exists something like to attach the  popup window
> type to main_window.
> If somebody knows please help
> Mfg
> Günther
>
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