Re: [gtkmm] How can I make floating Toolbar in Gtkmm2 such as in Windows programs?

[Jeff Gavin <jeff ezclick net>]

Darius wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to Gtkmm2 programing and so I don't know,
> how can I make floating Toolbar in Gtkmm2 such as in Windows programs?
> Any ideas? Any tips? Or just where can I find such info?

I'm new to Gtkmm2 programming as well.  I think that since Gtkmm is just 
a wrapper around Gtk, you would need to look for this capability in Gtk. 
 To date, I haven't seen a toolbar widget that detaches on any Linux 
application that I use.  However, I did find this reference to a 
floating toolbar in this Gtk+ 2.0 tutorial page:

http://www.gtk.org/tutorial/sec-toolbar.html

<quote>
The above should be similar to any other GTK application. Just 
initialization of GTK, creating the window, etc. There is only one thing 
that probably needs some explanation: a handle box. A handle box is just 
another box that can be used to pack widgets in to. The difference 
between it and typical boxes is that it can be detached from a parent 
window (or, in fact, the handle box remains in the parent, but it is 
reduced to a very small rectangle, while all of its contents are 
reparented to a new freely floating window). It is usually nice to have 
a detachable toolbar, so these two widgets occur together quite often.
</quote>

I find that there are LOTS of Gtk+ examples, but few Gtkmm examples. 
When you ask yourself "How to I make Gtkmm do <this>?", and you can't 
find the answer on Google, then you need to start asking "How do I make 
<i>Gtk+</i> do <this>?" and you may have better luck.

Jeff


> thanks
> Dariuz
>
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