[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] Need guidelines for developing GUI builder tool using ruby-gtk2

[Madhav NV <mad...@gm...>]

Hello,

I am in process of developing custom GUI generator tool (its new GUI tool
like glade) and to achieve that i am using ruby-gtk2. I am a newbie to the
world of ruby and gtk, so i need a help in a problem which i am struck
regarding adding background image to a widget.

Let me explain in detail, the application (i.e.,GTK::window) has two
sections say left section and right section (section can be
frames,layouts,panned window or equivalent). Left section has a list of all
widgets like Button, Label, CheckBox and so on as images. So user who needs
to design the GUI will drag and drop  any widgets from left section to
right sections, on dropping to right section it (i.e., widget) should be
re-sizable and also draggable across right section.

Currently i am adding all widgets to eventbox so that on drag n drop on
right section i will get all the controls of events like drag_start,
drag_motion, drag_end etc..But  how can i add an image as background to
eventbox, so that i have button image added to eventbox and also handle
resize and drag. Concept is user should be able to resize the properties of
widget that drops to right section. Need help in implementing this, i know
i am missing something to achieve this. Awaiting any suggestions.

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With regards,
Madhav.N.V