Re: pack a window in a window

[Maciej Katafiasz <mnews22 wp pl>]

Dnia 27-09-2004, pon o godzinie 19:32 +0200, Andreas Volz napisał:
> > > Could anyone tell me how to pack a GtkWindow in a GtkBox. I would
> > > like 
> > > to use this feature to build a program just like a Druid.
> >
> > Err, you can't do this. GtkWindow is by definition top-level window in
> > host windowing system, and can't be packed into other container.
> > Besides, I don't really get your idea, what would that be useful for?
>
> Perhaps it's not gtk related. But some time ago a saw a X application
> that could nest other X windows. As I remember there exist also a Gnome
> applet that does this. So perhaps your problem has a solution with
> plain X programming.

Yeah, but that's not exactly what GTK was intended for. You can do
things like that, but they belong firmly in hacks department. For all
purposes of GTK+ user, GtkWindow is toplevel. If not, then you should be
looking somewhere else (GDK has some obscure function for this kind of
trickery I think, but I don't really know)

Cheers,
Maciej

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