Re: gtk canvas?

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 14:56 -0300, Diego Jacobi wrote:
> 
> Canvas is really a standard?
> I think it is not.
> 
> Why dont you just use a normal DrawingArea? It is more gtkish of
> course, and gtk is very simple to me.

DrawingAreas do not support Z-order stacking, or RGBA (transparency).
they also have no "item-based event model", so every time an event
happens, you have to figure out what visual item it occured on. in a
canvas, events are delivered to items just like they are with widgets.