Hi, It's possible with cairo : http://plan99.net/~mike/files/alphademo.c Screenshot : http://gtk.developpez.com/faq/images/transparent.png 2008/3/30, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 10:11 +0530, Harinandan S wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am looking at ways to make a window transparent and only some > > widgets on the window to be visible. I found > > > > gtk_window_set_opacity API but this API sets opacity to entire window > > but not to a widget. > > > > Is there any way I can make the window transparent and show only > > widgets? > > > > I am also looking at ways to show multiple windows and set appropriate > > transparency to widgets to get the > > > > desired widgets from each window on the screen. > > the functionality you want basically does not exist in GTK at this time. > there are ways to fake parts of it, and get things close to what you are > thinking of, but i would suggest revisiting your ideas about GUI design. > GTK is not the toolkit to use if transparency and so forth is critical > to what you want to do. Keep in mind, though, that transparency has only > recently been part of the "conceptual toolkit" for GUIs, and its > perfectly possible to design highly functional, deeply usable interfaces > without it. > > --p > > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > -- Nicolas Joseph Responsable de la rubrique GTK+ de developpez.com http://nicolasj.developpez.com _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
