Re: problems with motion notify event

[Alexander Gehlert <alexander gehlert raritan com>]

oedipus wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I include with glade a motion_notify_event into a drawing area. I want to
> track my mouse movements and show it on a pointer at some rulers. But
> somehow it is not working. I thought the motion_notify_event is used to
> catch any signals on motions, so also the mouse or?
> I also read in another post something about Gdk::POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK.
> How is that working and how do I include it? 
>
> Thank you in advance 
>  :)
>
>   
Hi,

you can't use a Drawing Area to catch such events! Use a EventBox to 
catch the Events and add the Drawing Area to the Eventbox...


Regards

Alex

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