Re: X11 widget of a gtk window

[John Cupitt ng-london org uk]

Sorry, not sure. Have you checked that the display and window look sensible?
For example, until a gtk widget is realized, it has no window (you'll get
zero back from GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW). 

>>> I'm using gtk and I need to get the X11 Widget of a window created with
>>> gtk. I can get the GtkWidget by using:
>>> GtkWidget* gtk_widget = GTK_WIDGET(window);
>>>
>>> But I need the X11 Widget (the WidgetRec struture) of that window. Is
>>> there a way to access that? Does it exist at all in gtk?
>>
>>
>>
>> There's no Xt under gtk, so there's no widget to get. You can get the 
>> X11 window if that's any help; something like (untested):
>>
>>  #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
>>
>>  Window xid = GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW( GTK_WIDGET( foo )->window );
> 
> 
> Ok, I'm using that and GDK_WINDOW_XDISPLAY for use in a lib that is
> expecting either a X11 Widget or a X11 Display and a X11 Window,
> but apparently the Display and Window info I get is not usable:
> I get:
> Error: Couldn't find per display information
> If I create a X11 Widget within the application, take its Window und use
> its Display and Window everything works fine.




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