Gimp handles all this with its own special code, which you most definitely don't want to try to replicate. There are several ways to handle this. Basically the thing you have to know is that widget drawing happens in response to "expose" events, and what you need to accomplish is to make the large widget ignore exposures that fall within the area of the small widget. When a container, such as GtkFixed, is called upon to handle an expose event, it generates synthetic expose events for each of its children that overlap the exposed area. You will need to replace the "expose handler" for the large widget with a custom-written one that does what you require it to. If you are custom-drawing the large widget, this should be pretty easy -- you just have to avoid doing any drawing in the part that lies within the small widget. I expect you will find this explanation pretty confusing -- the main thing I am trying to do here is to point you toward "expose" events as the thing you need to read about. -- Bill _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
