On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 10:55 -0500, Matt Hoosier wrote: > I'm a co-worker of the original poster on this thread. Part of the > trouble with using a new dialog is that it allocates a new X11 window, > which is not guaranteed to be alpha blended with the parent window. > Platforms with a compositing X server support this, but that's a > little more difficult to get with a minimalistic X server on embedded > devices. please explain why alpha blending a dialog with its parent is important on a "minimalistic X server on embedded devices". most people see this as GUI chrome unrelated to actual function most of the time. you won't get alpha blending from any existing GTK widgets either - widgets in GTK are opaque. if you want alpha blending you need to find a canvas object and not use widgets to draw. --p _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
