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From: pasturel@sctc.com (Pierre Pasturel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: invisible/overlay windows?
Keywords: hypertext, invisible, overlay, help
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.150229.2148@sctc.com>
Date: 16 Jan 91 15:02:29 GMT
References: <connolly.663987245@convex.convex.com>
Organization: Secure Computing Technology Corporation
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connolly@convex.com (Dan Connolly) writes:
>I'd like to put a bunch of pushbuttons over the label, with the
>underlying pixmap showing through.

>Am I gonna have to resort to Xlib?

>Dan


I don't know the answer and acutally had a similar question about
overlaying widgets.

I have the following widget hierarchy:

   Application Shell, "shell"
        BulletinBoard, "backdrop"
                BulletinBoardDialog, "bb1"
                BulletinBoard, "bb2"

For reasons of my own, I need bb1 to be a BBDialog, not just a BB.

Now, the problem I am having is that bb2 is being animated by changing the
XmNx, XmNy resources and when bb2 overlaps bb1, then bb1 is on "top" and
bb2 is hidden underneath bb1. I suspect that bb1, because it is a
DialogShell, has some sort of precedence which makes it appear on top of
bb2.

So, how can I force bb2, as a BB, to be on top of bb1, a BBDialog???

Any and all suggestions please.

thanks
Pierre
pasturel@sctc.com