Re: Layered drawing areas

At Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:32:19 +0100,
Richard Vaughan wrote:
> I am trying to create an app that looks like it will need 3 or four
> layers of information drawn ontop of each other - but I want to be
> able to work with the layers independantly, and I want to be able to
> see down to the bottom layer.
> 
> Is this possible on GPE, or am I trying to do something a little too
> complicated?

This is a GTK+ question, not a GPE one.  The default behavior of a
GtkDrawingArea[1] is to clear any damaged area to the background
color.  I don't know if it is possible to make the background color
transparent.

Neal


[1] http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkDrawingArea.html