Ok, thanks for the explanation :) 2008/3/31, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 23:32 +0200, gege2061 wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It's possible with cairo : http://plan99.net/~mike/files/alphademo.c > > > > Screenshot : http://gtk.developpez.com/faq/images/transparent.png > > i tried to very carefully word my reply, but you just rode right over > that. > > yes, there are all kinds of amazingly cool things you can do if: > > (a) you write new widgets that draw themselves with cairo > (b) you use a compositing window manager > (c) you have a new-ish video interface > > but what I said remains true: this functionality basically does not > exist in GTK at this time. most widgets draw themselves with GDK, and > they have no way to control their opacity. > > this will coming (and its quite far along), but its not here today, now, > in a form that you could easily use and assume that it would work for > your users (unless you have very tight control over what systems they > use). > > > --p > > > > -- 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
