Thanks for your answer, you're right. that's exactly what i'm trying to do.
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Wolfgang Mauer <w.ma...@top-soft.info> wrote: > > Hi all, > > is it possible to draw into the caption from a decorated window? > > I don't believe so, since the window decorations are drawn by the > window manager, and there are many window managers on Linux with > different behaviours. In the case of compiz, the decorations are drawn > by a separate decoration process, of which there are several > varieties. > > Even if you could find a way to custom-paint into the decoration, > there would be no guarantee of the layout of existing elements within > the decoration, as most window managers have themeable decorations. > > You could try hinting the window type as > Gdk.WindowTypeHint.Splashscreen, as these don't usually have > decorations. You'd then have to draw the caption, buttons, resize > handles, and everything yourself. However, you might find that some > window managers would have special behaviours associated with > splashes, e.g. semi-transparency, which obviously wouldn't be > desirable for a normal app. > > What exactly is it you're trying to do? I assume it's something like > these: > http://blogs.msdn.com/wpfsdk/archive/2008/09/08/custom-window-chrome-in-wpf.aspx > -- Top-Soft Softwareentwicklung Inhaber: Wolfgang Mauer Reitersweg 9, 96103 Hallstadt Tel.: +49 (0)951 / 2221520 Fax: +49 (0)951 / 2221521 _______________________________________________ Gtk-sharp-list maillist - Gtk-sharp-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list
