Re: use of drawing area

[Andy Gilman <amgilman myfairpoint net>]

Thank you for this.  I thought I had tried that, but obviously not.

On 12/30/2011 12:22 PM, lecas malecas wrote:
> You need to add a container first to the window (like a Gtk::Box or
> Gtk::Grid), then add the DrawingArea and other stuff to that
> container.
>
> The Window can only have one child (single-item container).
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Andy Gilman<amgilman myfairpoint net>  wrote:
> > I am (still) a newbie at gtkmm and have been experimenting with cairomm.  In
> > the tutorial the graphics are added to the window through a drawing area.
> >   When I do this, I cannot add other widgets to the window (labels/buttons).
> >   However, if I add the graphics directly to the window (that is the
> > "on_draw" function applies to the window itself), it is possible to add
> > other widgets (in an eventbox).
> >
> > So:  my questions are these:  What is the advantage of using a drawing area
> > for adding graphics (in this case custom decoration)?  and Is there some way
> > to add widgets to a window that contains a drawingarea that I have missed.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Andy Gilman
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