Gtk widget running in separate thread

[zaheer ahmad <zaheer mot gmail com>]

hi,

Is it possible to run a GTK widget entirely in a separate thread i.e. all the input events on that widget are handled in that thread. The widget is used for zoom control on a canvas (e.g. webpage), and should independantly be responsive to updates on the canvas (which can be time consuming). so far in my search i havent found a post which answers this. The closest is http://www.cairographics.org/threaded_animation_with_cairo/ however in this case we are running a independant animation and no interaction with it.

Appreciate any inputs.

thanks,

Zzaher