Re: Getting screen position

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

muppet wrote:

> the Gtk2 docs say
> [...]


oops --- i pasted from the webpage in mozilla, and didn't realize the 
conversion to plaintext would insert the hyperlinks...  here's the 
cleaned-up version:


the Gtk2 docs say

   void        gtk_window_get_position         (GtkWindow  *window,
                                                gint  *root_x,
                                                gint  *root_y);


something like

($x, $y) = $gtk2window->get_position;



it would appear, however, that for Gtk1.2 (the old gtkperl) you need to 
dip down to Gdk for this:

   void        gdk_window_get_position         (GdkWindow *window,
                                                gint  *x,
                                                gint  *y);


aye --- Gtk::reference says of Gtk::Gdk::Window

$window->get_position ()

Get the position of the window. This function croaks if not called in
list context.



so, basically, you want to do

($x, $y) = $gtkwindow->window->get_position;


note, also, the important "->window" --- this accesses the GdkWindow 
owned by the GtkWidget.  remember that the GdkWindow doesn't exist until 
the widget has been realize()d or show()n.