Re: [platform-swt-dev] no background on GTK

[Steve_Northover@xxxxxxx]

>Steve,
>VA-Java ran on AIX.  VA-Java painted lightweight "handles" on top of native
>heavyweight components via a special GC on a composite that painted on top
>of its descendants.  I believe this is what most people want (I'm not one
>of them).  Of course, this never worked perfectly because those descendants
>might randomly paint, erasing the handles.

I know what you are talking about.  This feature has not been manifested 
in SWT.  Enter a feature request if you want but as you say yourself, it's
dangerous because decendants can randomly paint.

>Is there a round analog clock program for Motif?  Can a Motif Shell have a
>"mask" of depth 1?

Not that I know of.

Steve

"Randy Hudson" <hudsonr@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-swt-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 04/07/02 08:15 PM Please respond to platform-swt-dev

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Bob,
Transparent *Peers* are not supported in AWT.  Transparent components are
faked in AWT/Swing using lightweight peers, which are not real OS controls.
Somewhere in the component's parent chain is a Component with a heavyweight
peer, which *is* opaque.

Steve,
VA-Java ran on AIX.  VA-Java painted lightweight "handles" on top of native
heavyweight components via a special GC on a composite that painted on top
of its descendants.  I believe this is what most people want (I'm not one
of them).  Of course, this never worked perfectly because those descendants
might randomly paint, erasing the handles.

Is there a round analog clock program for Motif?  Can a Motif Shell have a
"mask" of depth 1?

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