[Gtk-sharp-list] Newbie wants to create a dock.

Chris Howie cdhowie at gmail.com
Sun Dec 21 00:06:00 EST 2008


On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Alvin ONeal <Alvin.ONeal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What about just creating a small, movable always-on-top window?  It
>> will take less screen space and can be positioned wherever it's least
>> annoying.
>
> I actually want to create a new type of desktop environment that has
> a different paradigm about it. I'm looking to create a prototype with just
> a few of the features and if I find myself using my prototype for those
> tasks more than the other stuff available to me I'm going to go forward
> with it.
>
> Having a floating window wouldn't do, but for the sake of a prototype I
> suppose that is still a good start.

Ahh, that makes sense.  I really don't know, but looking at the
sources for gnome-panel might be a good place to start researching.

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