Widgets Without Windows

The following widgets do not have an associated window. If you want to capture events, you'll have to use the EventBox. See the section on the EventBox widget.

GtkAlignment
GtkArrow
GtkBin
GtkBox
GtkButton
GtkCheckButton
GtkFixed
GtkImage
GtkLabel
GtkMenuItem
GtkNotebook
GtkPaned
GtkRadioButton
GtkRange
GtkScrolledWindow
GtkSeparator
GtkTable
GtkToolbar
GtkAspectFrame
GtkFrame
GtkVBox
GtkHBox
GtkVSeparator
GtkHSeparator

We'll further our exploration of GTK by examining each widget in turn, creating a few simple methods to display them. Another good source is the set of programs avaiable in sample/test/ in the Ruby/Gtk distribution.