Re: Drawing Area and Mouse Events

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

JOSE PEDRO SERGIO ROMAO MACHADO wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I'm using gtk_window_new() and gtk_drawing_area_new() functions to draw 
> some pixbufs over a background.
>
> Now I need to "click" with the mouse over this drawing area, and I need 
> to obtain the coordinates of the mouse pointer at that spot to decide 
> wich callback should I call.

"button-press-event" of GtkDrawingArea cast to GtkWidget:

gboolean user_function(GtkWidget *widget,
                       GdkEventButton *event,
                       gpointer user_data);

Register for button-press events with gtk_widget_add_events().