Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.037 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'stuff,': 0.07; 'versions.': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'folks,': 0.09; 'gui': 0.13; 'thanks!': 0.14; 'answer,': 0.16; 'canvas.': 0.16; 'direction?': 0.16; 'rectangle': 0.16; 'worked.': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; 'trying': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'tried': 0.27; 'somebody': 0.28; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.29; 'pm,': 0.29; 'lines': 0.30; "it'd": 0.30; 'toolkit': 0.30; 'widget': 0.30; 'specified': 0.31; 'subject:?': 0.31; 'does': 0.32; "can't": 0.32; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'points': 0.34; 'probably': 0.34; 'it.': 0.34; 'but,': 0.34; 'subject:What': 0.34; 'but': 0.37; 'received:192': 0.37; 'think': 0.37; 'some': 0.38; 'easier': 0.38; 'background': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'type': 0.61; 'opened': 0.64; 'saw': 0.67; 'photo': 0.68; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.71; 'content.': 0.71; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'subject:this': 0.74; 'to:addr:yahoo.com': 0.83; 'mouse,': 0.84; 'photo.': 0.84; 'subject:widget': 0.84 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:48:52 -0500 From: Dave Angel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Muddy Coder Subject: Re: What is this widget? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:VHKjfENpwpTylmXrt8oBre1Wyzjh1KzEvhBUWlo7uQl a7uOjsvX3QZ+tCPiZ5XyruxjntOMOvQfO/7wyYuYKx6y4dDmTg VFPE/MsvKXjBz+I2H3Gsq+ecV4C7b5Mv3oY3NTs+0kXhFMoqDk HNNlLxkWjPB/JRtk1uzjaOpjEhYkgPYK8CIfeRtSCk0qAF/gGZ w3zoWfDK+UQk4AwlRxG43mwYNa3YAAZy0vcK8uJoLcjP/grUum gdCXggQh/EZdWAUVanxHrhhp62EpYZGZD8ZjGB0efIScQ9rRtN IwcNJEOor/8swmQGuwB2z5D70UtttPXXA7OTHe+4MUvNLihD5Y hIt/wUTbE+Aq+LBp2+cg= Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@davea.name List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1323892141 news.xs4all.nl 6856 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56078 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:17232 On 12/14/2011 01:47 PM, Muddy Coder wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am trying to write letters on a photo that is opened in a canvas. So > I think I must need a widget to contain the letters I will type in. I > tried to use a Label, it worked. But, a Label covered part of the > photo underneath, so I can't use it. I saw some software did such a > thing nicely: a box popped on a photo, with dotted lines as borders, > expandable. When such a box was re-sized with a mouse, the font size > in the box also got changed. The box has no background color, so it > does not cover a rectangle area on the photo. I need such a widget, > but I don't know what is this one. I tried Text, Label, but they all > come with Window-like stuff, so they cover some photo content. Can > somebody points me a direction? Thanks! > > > Cosmo I don't have an answer, but it'd be much easier for others if you specified what gui toolkit you're using, and probably also the OS and Python versions. -- DaveA