On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:41:59AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 14:43 +0100, David Conley (FRD) wrote: > > I'm hoping to use a tree store/view to create a layer typer system where > > the higher up the tree an object is, the closer to the front of the screen > > an object would be. Imagine the layers in Photoshop or GIMP for an idea > > what I mean. Is there any way I can get that kind of information from the > > widget? I'm using C++ if it makes any difference to the answer. > > So to recap I'd like to get a value that says: > > GTK has no concept of 2 widgets existing in the same location, and hence > no real notion of layering. There are specific widgets, such as the > canvas, that do support layering, but you could not get the layer > information from widgets that are layered, only from the canvas items > that "hold" them. The closest thing I can think of to use would be a notebook widget, maybe without tabs. it would be cool to someday make one widget stick to many pages... or to have it visible and accessible *through* many pages. - Ben _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
