On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 02:21 +0000, Pedro Castro wrote: > I'm using Drawable.DrawLayout to draw some text over a widget. The > problem is, the text is removed when the widget is updated. How to > make the text persist? you can't. every time a widget gets an expose event from the underlying window system, some or all of it is redrawn. this is a basic element of GTK's design. you will need to hook into the "expose" signal for the widget in question, and redraw your text from the signal handler. --p _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list