Re: DND: what kind of widgets are allowed?

[Andy Kahn <kahn zk3 dec com>]

On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 12:08:11AM -0500, Owen Taylor wrote:
...
>  
> > so my question is: what kind of widgets are allowed to be a source
> > point for DND?
> > 
> > in general, are there any specific rules, limitations, et al, for DND?
> 
> DND source widget must be widgets with windows. The tutorial
> used to have some explanation of the !NO_WINDOW/NO_WINDOW
> distinction and a list of NO_WINDOW widgets. In general,
> you'll need to put something like a label or pixmap
> inside a GtkEventBox.
> 
> Drag targets, BTW, don't need to be widgets with windows.
> 

i appreciate the explanation, Owen.  thanks!
--andy