Think, its already there. I didn't quite understand the click problem, but a combination of GtkPlug and GtkSocket may work for you. http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkPlug.html http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkSocket.html HTH, Gaurav Roy.. On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 00:58 +0100, Mildred wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to create an application that can embed widgets provided > by other application/processes ... much like the gnome-panel. And I > would like to know if it is possible without recreating a graphical API > using dbus (unless there is something that already exists), nor use > xembed. > > The reason why I don't want to use xembed is that it provides > very little integration between the 'widgets' drawn. > > As an example, you can't draw a menu like that. At least you can't with > the gnome-panel. Try for example to open a menu in the menubar applet, > then then try to open the mixer applet menu only by moving the mouse > over the applet icon, without clicking. That's not possible. > You'll need to click twice, one to close the first menu, one to open the > second. > > A solution could be to map the complete Gtk api to dBus, but that's > quite some work ... And I'm not sure about the efficiency. > > So the question finally gets down to ... is it possible to achieve a > better integration ? And any ideas how ? > > Thanks. > > Mildred > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
