On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:41:26 -0500, valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > That's horribly anti-social, and terrible user interface design. (Think about > if you're trying to use another application in another window, but you can't > see it because something keeps scribbling all over it...) > > A *much* better idea would be to query the screen size, create a window > that size, and ask the window manager to move it to the top. That way you can > use all the real estate, but the user can use the window manager "push to bottom > of stack"/"lower" function if they need to get at another window. > > Or look at how many programs implement a "maximize" function - which may be > another approach to your problem. Hmmm that's because you didn't understand very well my problem here... what i'm trying to do is similar to this: http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/AnnotatedCoachMark.gif See that red circle painted over the widgets? That's that. Anybody knows how to do it? Thanks a lot, J.V. _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list