Find the Window ID of a GTK widget on Mac OS-X

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Find the Window ID of a GTK widget on Mac OS-X

I'm trying to port a GTK-based Linux app to Mac OS-X. I have the GUI working OK but now I need to create a Widget which embeds MPlayer.

I should be able to use the -wid option of MPlayer to embed it in my app but I need to find the Window ID. Does anyone know how to find the window ID of a GTK Widget or Container on OS-X ?

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Are you using GTK with the X11 or Quartz backend? If X11, I imagine it should work just as on Linux. Otherwise I don't think you can do what you're trying to do, MPlayer wants a X11 window ID, and you're not using X11 at all.

vasi 2009-03-26 11:44:26

I didn't know I had a choice. It seems to be the Quartz one. It was just the latest DMG package downloaded from gtk.org.

Adam Pierce 2009-03-26 11:52:56

Well, after some research, I found MacPorts. They have versions of Gtk and MPlayer which can do this.

Adam Pierce 2009-03-31 23:39:38

+1 A:

If you're using the Quartz backend for either GTK or MPlayer, you can't do this. This window embedding technique only works under X11.

(And, if you're using X11, you're hardly writing a native OS X application!)

2009-08-03 06:45:34

Thanks for the answer duskwuff. I did end up making it an X11 application and using the X11 window ID. It works OK.

Adam Pierce 2009-08-04 00:22:36

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