Re: [gtk-list] Re: Drag and Drop and my patch

[Elliot Lee <sopwith cuc edu>]

On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Kenneth Albanowski wrote:

> Dragging probably could use several variants, especially since the Shape
> Extension is optional, and some (admittedly unsual) X server might not
> include it. In some cases, an X server might not be able to drag a window
> fast enough to be usable, while a cursor would be OK. 
> 
> There are even more advanced techniques (transparent drag) that would need
> custom window drawing (at the X level), or a new variant of the Shape
> Extension that can deal in alpha levels.
> 
> I'd definitely suggest encapsulating the "drag icon" into a new widget
> type that can be tought to deal with the needed variants and facilities. 

Huh? All we need to do is have some little indicator that the drag/drop
will be accepted. None of this fancy "let's redraw a flotilla of widgets
every time a person moves the mouse" crap for me :) 

There's no need to make a DragIcon widget, we just use the cursor as is,
and in the future allow people to optionally set the "drop will be
accepted here" and "drop won't be accepted here" cursors from a
GdkPixmap/GdkBitmap...

Like I always say though, he who codes most has most say - if you want it
a specific way, write the code for it ;-)
-- Elliot					http://www.redhat.com/
"They don't let my code go into shipping products," Gates said. "They
 haven't done that for eight years." (at the 1997 PDC)