[Mono-winforms-list] transparency on a window

[jp.gouineau at cadden.fr]

Selon Miguel de Icaza <miguel at ximian.com>:
Thank you for your answer.

> Eventually it will be supported, it is not very hard, but it will
> require major upgrades to your windowing system.

Do you mean that is is not possible to have any transparent window under Linux
at all, even using Gtk ?!

Jean-Pierre



> Hello,
> 
> > Is there a solution to implement transparency on a window ? I know that
> this
> > functionnality is not yet fully supported with System.Windows.Forms, but is
> it
> > possible with Gtk# ? And if yes, please could you show me were can I find
> > information or sample code about this ?
> 
> Eventually it will be supported, it is not very hard, but it will
> require major upgrades to your windowing system.
> 
> So do not expect this to work on the short-term.  In the medium-term (6
> months from now) most Linux distributions will have all the components
> in place to make this happen out of the box.
> 
> 




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