Re: Pango::Layout Text

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

>I have a few Pango::Layout showing texts on a drawing area and I'd like to 
>allow the user to click on a specific Pango::Layout text on the drawing 
>area.
>
>Do I just call get_size for the rectangle of the text and compute whether 
>the mouse click intersects this rectangle?
>
>What is the correct way to do it?
>
>I know on the GnomeCanvas, an event handler can be connected to a text item.
>I'd like to know how to achieve the same thing on a drawing area.

now you begin to understand why the canvas is such a cool widget.

you can only do this in a drawing area by tracking where you think the
text is, and seeing if button events are within those areas. in other
words, use the canvas.

--p