Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/22/2000 - 13:14. Developers
I am currently developping a C++ X based software which is currently going pretty well. I run SuSE 6.4 and Motif of course. But. I would like the interface to display fancy strange buttons using pixmaps and masks. Could anyone tell me links to online documentation I can`t find for now although I`ve already searched a long time.
If someone already did this and can send me a skeleton application that does it that would help too.
Thanks for answers and attention.
Sincerely,
Hugues Lannoy.
Well, In don`t know how fancy or strange you want to be, but you can certainly start with the XPM library. Using it, you can create "transparent" buttons whose backgrounds blend into the widgets. There`s information in the article on this site under "xpm tips".
Note that some people might consider buttons which are fancy and strange to be a distraction from using the software and from the application.