Re: labels & images

[Tristan Van Berkom <tristan van berkom gmail com>]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:44:49 +0100, mici <mici fesb hr> wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know if and how one could display a GtkLabel widget over a
> GtkImage or GtkDrawingArea while preserving font transparency (meaning i
> could see the image displayed below the label between the letters of the
> label)?
> Tnx...

GtkLabel is a GTK_NO_WINDOW widget and will always draw
to its parents GdkWindow (hence preserving transperency mask).

Your problem is that GtkDrawingArea & GtkImage are not GtkContainers,
so you cant put a label inside them, you can either:
   a.) Custom theme your application (allowing you to assign a graphic
        file to your buttons, windows etc.)
   b.) Use a PangoLayout directly and apply it to your drawing area
        with gdk_draw_layout()

Cheers,
                                   -Tristan