On Monday 17 of December 2012 17:24:04 Krzysztof wrote: > What I found that Banshee using GTK: VolumeButton which inherit from > ScaleButton. ScaleButton has getpopup (GTKWidget type). So maybe it is > using gtk window with GTK_WINDOW_POPUP type. I'm not familiar with C > language and low level GTK, but documentation says: > > "GtkWidget* gtk_window_new (GtkWindowType type); > > Creates a new GtkWindow, which is a toplevel window that can contain other > widgets. Nearly always, the type of the window should be > GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL. If you're implementing something like a popup menu > from scratch (which is a bad idea, just use GtkMenu), you might use > GTK_WINDOW_POPUP. GTK_WINDOW_POPUP is not for dialogs, though in some other > toolkits dialogs are called "popups". In GTK+, GTK_WINDOW_POPUP means a > pop-up menu or pop-up tooltip. On X11, popup windows are not controlled by > the window manager. > > If you simply want an undecorated window (no window borders), use > gtk_window_set_decorated(), don't use GTK_WINDOW_POPUP." > > Anyway, TPopupWindow could be interesting feature, like in my case for > volume button, but also for custom popup menus, tips etc. Especially when > similar option exists for QT and windows widgetsets
TPopupWindow could be simple TWSHintWindow based form , or TCustomForm with BorderStyle = bsNone. In that case it won't take keyboard focus, but can process mouse events. zeljko -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus