Re: Translucency with GTK2

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Shane Butler <shane_b users sourceforge net> writes:

> Does GTK+ support transparency of windows etc??  I realise it can
> support shaped windows, but I am specifically interested in setting a
> window to be say 50% translucent.  I believe this sort of functionality
> is provided by XRENDER.

this functionality has been added in the DirectFB port of GTK+-2.0 but
the GTK+ development crew decided that they don't want to integrate it
into the official GTK+-2.0 API. Perhaps later, just keep asking for
it...

BTW, here's a screenshot:
  http://www.directfb.org/news/count/gtk-themed-alpha.png
and here's more info about the port:
  http://www.directfb.org/gtk.xml


Salut, Sven