Re: Tearing off a window, reparenting?

[Mikoyan <miko2 pandora be>]

On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 06:28, Dave Andruczyk wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to basically tear off a tab(or multiple tabs) of a
> gtk-notebook and display it( the torn off tab) in its own window.  Being able
> to rejoin this "island" window back to the notebook is necessary as well. The
> idea behind this is so that users of my app can effectively have multiple tabs
> open and fully viewable (by dragging them to free space on screen).  
>
> My app has grown to the point where the widgets/controls need to be spread out
> among the tabs, (organized functionally), and putting all the needed widgets
> onto one tab would make the app's necessary screen size too large.  By allowing
> my users to tear off the tabs and reposition them their own way. (overlapping,
> or whatever) all the necessary info can be viewed.
>
> Is this even possible with gtk+-2.x ?

Gaim does this. You can reorder your tabs, you can tear them off, and
the teared off "pages" can be rejoined to the notebook.

(Enable tabbed conversation windows ...). I think gaim's code would
be a fantastic guide ...

Steven

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> Dave J. Andruczyk
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