[Lazarus] Transparent panel

[SteveG]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:14:04 +1000
> SteveG <steveg at nevets.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> Just wondering if anything came of the 'transparent panel' discussion ?
>> ie - does such a beast exist for gtk2 as yet (under Lazarus naturally)
> 
> What transparency do you need?
> Overlapping controls - a control below the panel should be visible
> OR
> Seamless - when removing the frame the background should fit the
> background of its parent
> 
> AFAIK the first is not doable, the second just needs a proper background
> theme drawing function.
> 
> 
> Mattias
> 

My personal use (this instance anyway), would be to allow an external 
app below my Lazarus app (eg a browser) to be seen 'thru' the 
transparent panel. - The tricky part would be to then toggle the ext app 
to be on top / below my app (when called by myself with button press).

This would be my workaround to not having a 'TWebBrowser' :)
Obviously a hack, but I really do need to incorporate a Java capable 
browser into my app, and this would suffice for now.

Any other suggestions appreciated as well

Thanks - SteveG