Re: Are windows necessary?

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 11:07 +0200, LaundroMat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Quick question: is it possible to draw buttons on an empty screen (ie
> without a window parent)?
Under X, not really, you'd be drawing on the root window, which is
itself a window.

If you want the *appearance* i.e., user can't move the window, can't
easily give it focus, you can turn off window decorations, but this
greatly interferes with useability and accessibility.

Liam

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