Re: *** PROBABLY SPAM *** Re: how to set transparency to widgets?

[gege2061 <gege2061 redaction-developpez com>]

Ok, thanks for the explanation :)

2008/3/31, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>:
>
>  On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 23:32 +0200, gege2061 wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > It's possible with cairo : http://plan99.net/~mike/files/alphademo.c
>  >
>  > Screenshot : http://gtk.developpez.com/faq/images/transparent.png
>
>  i tried to very carefully word my reply, but you just rode right over
>  that.
>
>  yes, there are all kinds of amazingly cool things you can do if:
>
>         (a) you write new widgets that draw themselves with cairo
>         (b) you use a compositing window manager
>         (c) you have a new-ish video interface
>
>  but what I said remains true: this functionality basically does not
>  exist in GTK at this time. most widgets draw themselves with GDK, and
>  they have no way to control their opacity.
>
>  this will coming (and its quite far along), but its not here today, now,
>  in a form that you could easily use and assume that it would work for
>  your users (unless you have very tight control over what systems they
>  use).
>
>
>  --p
>
>
>
>


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