Re: custom_widget example not working

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 12:46 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> >> I found several postings about custom widgets. The examples of working
> >> widgets
> >> did not derive from Gtk::Widget but from a non abstract widget (e.g.
> >> Gtk::DrawingArea).
> >
> >For me, GtkLabel is a "custom" widget. It derives almost directly from
> >Gtk::Widget. I am probably just missing some minor thing to make the
> >example work.
> >
> >I'm not sure exactly what DrawingArea is for. Maybe it makes some things
> >easier. However, it is not used to implement the standard GTK+ widgets.
> 
> Gtk::EventBox would be a much better starting point for a drawing
> widget. It doesn't actually draw anything, but unlike Gtk::Widget, it
> is guaranteed to have its own drawable (i.e. window). The canvas uses
> a Layout as a parent, and draws on its window, IIRC.

Still, GtkLabel doesn't need to do that, so I'd like to figure out what
I'm not doing that GtkLabel is doing.

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