Re: window stacking problem

[Olexiy Avramchenko <olexiy ctech cn ua>]

Boncek, John wrote:
> Using GTK 2.2.4 in an embedded app with fixed resolution, I have a
> GtkFixedContainer with two children:
>
> 1.  a GtkDrawingArea containing some drawing.
> 2.  a GtkButton intended to overlay (1).
>
> They are created in that order, so I would think the button would be on
> top of the drawing, which was intended.  It is below the drawing even if I
> do a gdk_window_raise on it.  If the drawing is removed you see it right
> where it should be.  With the drawing there, the button does not appear
> but still receives clicks in the proper area of the screen.  How can I
> raise the button so it's visible?  I've tried gdk_window_raise,
> gtk_widget_show, gdk_window_show, and a combination of gdk_window_hide
> followed by gdk_window_show.  None work.  I will entertain ideas about
> other ways to structure the widget hierarchy, but the idea of having a
> button on top of a drawing is absolutely essential.  If a drawing area
> were also a container I could just make the button a child of the drawing
> area.
Create GtkEventBox, pack your button inside it and put event box to 
GtkFixed.
GtkButton has no its own output window (GTK_NO_WINDOW), that's why 
gdk_window_* magic didn't help.

        Olexiy