On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:10:17 +0800 James Henstridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> threw this fish to the penguins:
> george young wrote: > > >[gtk-2.2.2, pygtk-1.99.16, python-2.3b2] > > > >I want to briefly change my app's cursor to a 'watch' or some such while it's > >thinking hard. I have a zillion widgets, so it seems like changing cursor > >for one of them is not likely to be right. From the FAQ, entry 5.6: > > > > http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=show&file=faq05.006.htp > > > >I found a reference to: > > http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2000-October/000435.html > > > >wherein it's explained how to create an "input_only" window overlaying > >my entire app and change that window's cursor. Unfortunately, I can't get > >this hack to work. It calls for: > > > > gtk.gdk_window_new(gdk_window, attribs) > > > >but I can't figure out how to get a new gdk window. Here's the code > >[partially adjusted for gtk2] > > > > gdk_window = my_gtkwindow.get_window() > > attribs = { 'wmclass': gtk.gdk.INPUT_ONLY, > > 'window_type': gtk.gdk.WINDOW_CHILD, > > 'event_mask': 0, > > 'x': 0, > > 'y': 0, > > 'width': gtk.gdk.screen_width(), > > 'height': gtk.gdk.screen_height() } > > cursor_win = gtk.gdk_window_new(gdk_window, attribs) ?????? > > gdk_cursor = gtk.cursor_new(get.gdk.WATCH) > > cursor_win.set_cursor(gdk_cursor) > > cursor_win._show() > > > > > >Am I completely off base here? > > > > > Note that if a window doesn't have a cursor set on it, then it will > inherit its parent window's cursor (remember that almost every widget > has a window, not just the toplevel gtk.Window). > > So if you set the cursor on your toplevel gtk.Window, all the child > widgets will inherit it too. Thanks, that did the trick. I did have to add a gtk.flush() for the new cursor to appear right away. I would like to suggest a change to the FAQ (5.6). The get_window function doesn't seem to work anymore (in 1.99.16), I had to use the "window" data attribute. And cursor_new becomes gdk.Cursor(). May I suggest: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv ... To change it for a button, b = GtkButton() watch = gtk.Cursor(gtk.gdk.WATCH) gdkwin = b.window gdkwin.set_cursor(watch) #If your application goes directly to lengthy non-graphics activities, #you may need a "gtk.gdk.flush()" after the set_cursor.] And to change it back to normal: ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific they seem. Ah, I am wandering! Strange how the brain controls the brain! -- Sherlock Holmes in "The Dying Detective" _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
