Re: gtk rendering order

[Kevin Brooks <kb_list yahoo com>]

With the double buffering turned on, any drawing is
pushed onto a stack before the updated window is made
visible.

Is it possible to reverse the stack just before the
flush in order to boost the performance?

Kev

--- John Cupitt <jcupitt gmail com> wrote:

> On 10/5/05, Kevin Brooks <kb_list yahoo com> wrote:
> > I don't know how to reverse the rendering order
> > though.
>
> I implement a 'pop - to - front' effect with layered
> widgets with
>
>   g_object_ref( thing );
>   gtk_container_remove( container, thing );
>   gtk_container_add( container, thing );
>   g_object_unref( thing );
>
> ie. you remove and re-add the child to get it to the
> top. The _ref()
> stops the child being destroyed when it is removed.
>
> You could use this to reverse the order of the child
> widgets, but I
> guess it would probably flicker a lot.
>
> J



                
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