Re: Close root_window

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:58 +0200, Iker Perez de Albeniz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I haver created my own widget with some images+evenBox. What i want to
> do is to hide,minimize and maximize the window where the widget is
> contained..
> 
> i have tried to do:
> 
> 	Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window> window = this->get_window();
> 	Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window> window2 = window->get_parent(); 
> 	window2->hide();
> 
> but it breaks with a "Segmentation Fault"
> 
> With..
> 
> 	Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window> window = get_root_window(); 

the root window cannot be closed (it does not belong to your
application, and in some cases does not even exist). i think you want
the top level parent window, not the root window.

read the docs on gtk_widget_get_toplevel()

--p