Widgets inside a GtkDrawingArea

[Sander Marechal <s marechal jejik com>]

Hello,

I am writing a hearts game for GNOME using glade and the libglade XML 
loader. The main playing area is a big GtkDrawingArea. I need to add a 
button in the middle of the drawing area during the beginning of the 
game (when you are passing cards to another player). This button needs 
to disappear during the main play.

Is there a way to add a button inside (or on top) a GtkDrawingArea using 
glade? Or using Gtk directly in C? Glade wouldn't let me add one. If it 
isn't possible, is there an easy way I can "fake" the effect of a button 
sitting in the middle of the drawing area?

This is my first Gtk application (heck it's my first app since I moved 
away from the Win32 platform) so I'm not terribly experienced yet.

Thanks in advance!

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Sander Marechal