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# Changes from 1.2 to 2.0

## Name

Changes from 1.2 to 2.0 -- Incompatible changes made between version 1.2 and version 2.0

## Incompatible changes from 1.2 to 2.0

The GNOME 2.0 porting guide on http://developer.gnome.org has some more detailed discussion of porting from 1.2 to 2.0. See the sections on GLib and GTK+.

GTK+ changed fairly substantially from version 1.2 to 2.0, much more so than from 1.0 to 1.2. Subsequent updates (possibilities are 2.0 to 2.2, 2.2 to 2.4, then to 3.0) will almost certainly be much, much smaller. Nonetheless, most programs written for 1.2 compile against 2.0 with few changes. The bulk of changes listed below are to obscure features or very specialized features, and compatibility interfaces exist whenever possible.

- `gtk_container_get_toplevels()` was removed and replaced with `gtk_window_list_toplevels()`, which has different memory management on the return value (`gtk_window_list_toplevels()` copies the GList and also references each widget in the list, so you have to `g_list_free()` the list after first unref'ing each list member).

- The `gdk_time*` functions have been removed. This functionality has been unused since the main loop was moved into GLib prior to 1.2.

- The signature for `GtkPrintFunc` (used for `gtk_item_factory_dump_items()`) has been changed to take a const gchar * instead of gchar *, to match what we do for GLib, and other similar cases.

- The detail arguments in the GtkStyleClass structure are now const gchar *.

- `gtk_paned_set_gutter_size()` has been removed, since the small handle tab has been changed to include the entire area previously occupied by the gutter.

- `gtk_paned_set_handle_size()` has been removed, in favor of a style property, since this is an option that only makes sense for themes to adjust.

- GDK no longer selects OwnerGrabButtonMask for button presses. This means that the automatic grab that occurs when the user presses a button will have `owner_events = FALSE`, so all events are redirected to the grab window, even events that would normally go to other windows of the window's owner.

- GtkColorSelectionDialog has now been moved into it's own set of files, `gtkcolorseldialog.c` and `gtkcolorseldialog.h`.

- `gtk_widget_shape_combine_mask()` now keeps a reference count on the mask pixmap that is passed in.

- The GtkPatternSpec has been moved to GLib as GPatternSpec, the pattern arguments to `gtk_item_factory_dump_items()` and `gtk_item_factory_dump_rc()` have thusly been changed to take a GPatternSpec instead of a GtkPatternSpec.

- Type system changes:

  - `GTK_TYPE_OBJECT` is not a fundamental type anymore. Type checks of the style `(GTK_FUNDAMENTAL_TYPE (some_type) == GTK_TYPE_OBJECT)` will not work anymore. As a replacement, `(GTK_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (some_type))` can be used now.

  - The following types vanished: `GTK_TYPE_ARGS`, `GTK_TYPE_CALLBACK`, `GTK_TYPE_C_CALLBACK`, `GTK_TYPE_FOREIGN`. The corresponding GtkArg fields and field access macros are also gone.

  - The following type aliases vanished: `GTK_TYPE_FLAT_FIRST`, `GTK_TYPE_FLAT_LAST`, `GTK_TYPE_STRUCTURED_FIRST`, `GTK_TYPE_STRUCTURED_LAST`.

  - The type macros `GTK_TYPE_MAKE()` and `GTK_TYPE_SEQNO()` vanished, use of `GTK_FUNDAMENTAL_TYPE()` is discouraged. Instead, the corresponding GType API should be used: `G_TYPE_FUNDAMENTAL()`, `G_TYPE_DERIVE_ID()`, `G_TYPE_BRANCH_SEQNO()`. Note that the GLib type system doesn't build new type ids based on a global incremental sequential number anymore, but numbers new type ids sequentially per fundamental type branch.

  - The following type functions vanished/were replaced:

    Old Function | Replacement
    --- | ---
    `gtk_type_query()` | being investigated
    `gtk_type_set_varargs_type()` | -
    `gtk_type_get_varargs_type()` | -
    `gtk_type_check_object_cast()` | `g_type_check_instance_cast()`
    `gtk_type_check_class_cast()` | `g_type_check_class_cast()`
    `gtk_type_describe_tree()` | -
    `gtk_type_describe_heritage()` | -
    `gtk_type_free()` | -
    `gtk_type_children_types()` | `g_type_children()`
    `gtk_type_set_chunk_alloc()` | `GTypeInfo.n_preallocs`
    `gtk_type_register_enum()` | `g_enum_register_static()`
    `gtk_type_register_flags()` | `g_flags_register_static()`
    `gtk_type_parent_class()` | `g_type_parent()`/`g_type_class_peek_parent()`

    Use of `g_type_class_ref()`/`g_type_class_unref()` and `g_type_class_peek()` is recommended over usage of `gtk_type_class()`. Use of `g_type_register_static()`/`g_type_register_dynamic()` is recommended over usage of `gtk_type_unique()`.

- Object system changes: GtkObject derives from GObject, so is not the basic object type anymore. This imposes the following source incompatible changes:

  - GtkObject has no `klass` field anymore, an object's class can be retrieved with the object's coresponding `GTK_<OBJECT>_GET_CLASS (object)` macro.

  - GtkObjectClass has no `type` field anymore, a class's type can be retrived with the `GTK_CLASS_TYPE (class)` macro.

  - GtkObjectClass does not introduce the `finalize()` and `shutdown()` methods anymore. While `shutdown()` is intended for GTK+ internal use only, `finalize()` is required by a variety of object implementations. `GObjectClass.finalize` should be overriden here, e.g.:

            static void gtk_label_finalize (GObject *gobject)
            {
              GtkLabel *label = GTK_LABEL (gobject);

              G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
            }
            static void gtk_label_class_init (GtkLabelClass *class)
            {
              GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class);

              gobject_class->finalize = gtk_label_finalize;
            }

- The GtkObject::destroy signal can now be emitted multiple times on an object. ::destroy implementations should check that make sure that they take this into account, by checking to make sure that resources are there before freeing them. For example:

          if (object->foo_data)
            {
              g_free (object->foo_data);
              object->foo_data = NULL;
            }

  Also, ::destroy implementations have to release object references that the object holds. Code in finalize implementations such as:

          if (object->adjustment)
            {
              gtk_object_unref (object->adjustment);
              object->adjustment = NULL;
            }

  have to be moved into the ::destroy implementations. The reason for doing this is that all object reference cycles should be broken at destruction time. Because the ::destroy signal can be emitted multiple times, it no longer makes sense to check if a widget has been destroyed using the `GTK_OBJECT_DESTROYED()` macro, and this macro has been removed. If catching destruction is still needed, it can be done with a signal connection to ::destroy.

- Signal system changes: The GTK+ 2.0 signal system merely proxies the GSignal system now. For future usage, direct use of the GSignal API is recommended, this avoids significant performance hits where GtkArg structures have to be converted into GValues. For language bindings, GSignal+GClosure provide a much more flexible and convenient mechanism to hook into signal emissions or install class default handlers, so the old GtkSignal API for language bindings is not supported anymore.

  Functions that got removed in the GTK+ signal API: `gtk_signal_n_emissions()`, `gtk_signal_n_emissions_by_name()`, `gtk_signal_set_funcs()`, `gtk_signal_handler_pending_by_id()`, `gtk_signal_add_emission_hook()`, `gtk_signal_add_emission_hook_full()`, `gtk_signal_remove_emission_hook()`, `gtk_signal_query()`. Also, the GtkCallbackMarshal argument to `gtk_signal_connect_full()` is not supported anymore. For many of the removed functions, similar variants are available in the `g_signal_*` namespace. The GSignal system performs emissions in a slightly different manner than the old GtkSignal code. Signal handlers that are connected to signal "foo" on object "bar" while "foo" is being emitted, will not be called anymore during the emission they were connected within.

- Inserting and deleting text in GtkEntry though functions such as `gtk_entry_insert_text()` now leave the cursor at its original position in the text instead of moving it to the location of the insertion/deletion.

- The `label` field of GtkFrame widgets has been removed (as part of a change to allow arbitrary widgets in the title position). The text can now be retrieved with the new function `gtk_frame_get_text()`.

- The 'font' and 'font_set' declarations in RC files are now ignored. There is a new 'font_name' field that holds the string form of a Pango font.

- A number of types in GDK have become subclasses of GObject. For the most part, this should not break anyone's code. However, it's now possible/encouraged to use `g_object_ref()`/`g_object_unref()` and other GObject features with these GDK types. The converted types are: GdkWindow, GdkDrawable, GdkPixmap, GdkImage, GdkGC, GdkDragContext, GdkColormap.

- All drawables including pixmaps used to have a type tag, the GdkWindowType enumeration, which included `GDK_WINDOW_PIXMAP`. GdkWindowType is now a property of GdkWindow only, and there is no `GDK_WINDOW_PIXMAP`. You can use the `GDK_IS_PIXMAP()` macro to see if you have a pixmap, if you need to know that.

- GtkStyle and GtkRcStyle are now subclasses of GObject as well. This requires fairly extensive changes to theme engines, but shouldn't affect most other code.

- `xthickness` and `ythickness` have moved from GtkStyleClass to GtkStyle (from class to instance). This gives themes a bit more flexibility and is generally more of the Right Thing. You can trivially fix your code with `s/style->klass->xthickness/style->xthickness/g` and same for `ythickness`.

- Some GtkStyle `draw_*` methods have been removed (cross, oval, ramp) and others have been added (expander, layout). This will require changes to theme engines.

- If you were using private GDK types, they have been rearranged significantly. You shouldn't use private types. ;-)

- The visual for a widget, and also the default visual is now derived from the colormap for the widget and the default colormap. `gtk_widget_set_visual()`, `gtk_widget_set_default_visual()`, `gtk_widget_push_visual()` and `gtk_widget_pop_visual()` now do nothing. Since the visual always had to match that of the colormap, it is safe to simply delete all references to these functions.

- A number of functions in GDK have been renamed for consistency and clarity. #defines to provide backwards compatibility have been included, but can be disabled by defining `GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED`.

  Old function | Defined As
  --- | ---
  `gdk_draw_pixmap` | `gdk_draw_drawable`
  `gdk_draw_bitmap` | `gdk_draw_drawable`
  `gdk_window_get_size` | `gdk_drawable_get_size`
  `gdk_window_get_type` | `gdk_window_get_window_type`
  `gdk_window_get_colormap` | `gdk_drawable_get_colormap`
  `gdk_window_set_colormap` | `gdk_drawable_set_colormap`
  `gdk_window_get_visual` | `gdk_drawable_get_visual`
  `gdk_window_ref` | `gdk_drawable_ref`
  `gdk_window_unref` | `gdk_drawable_unref`
  `gdk_bitmap_ref` | `gdk_drawable_ref`
  `gdk_bitmap_unref` | `gdk_drawable_unref`
  `gdk_pixmap_ref` | `gdk_drawable_ref`
  `gdk_pixmap_unref` | `gdk_drawable_unref`
  `gdk_gc_destroy` | `gdk_gc_unref`
  `gdk_image_destroy` | `gdk_image_unref`
  `gdk_cursor_destroy` | `gdk_cursor_unref`
  `gdk_window_copy_area(drawable,gc,x,y,source_drawable,source_x,source_y,width,height)` | `gdk_draw_pixmap(drawable,gc,source_drawable,source_x,source_y,x,y,width,height)`
  `gdk_rgb_get_cmap` | `gdk_rgb_get_colormap`

  (Note that `g_object_ref()` and `g_object_unref()` may be used for all of the above ref and unref functions.) `gtk_widget_popup()` was removed, it was only usable for GtkWindows, and there the same effect can be achieved by `gtk_window_move()` and `gtk_widget_show()`.

- `gdk_pixmap_foreign_new()` no longer calls `XFreePixmap()` on the pixmap when the GdkPixmap is finalized. This change corresponds to the behavior of `gdk_window_foreign_new()`, and fixes a lot of problems with code where the pixmap wasn't supposed to be freed. If `XFreePixmap()` is needed, it can be done using the destroy-notification facilities of `g_object_set_data()`.

- GtkProgress/GtkProgressBar had serious problems in GTK+ 1.2.

  - Only 3 or 4 functions are really needed for 95% of progress interfaces; GtkProgress/GtkProgressBar had about 25 functions, and didn't even include these 3 or 4.

  - In activity mode, the API involves setting the adjustment to any random value, just to have the side effect of calling the progress bar update function - the adjustment is totally ignored in activity mode.

  - You set the activity step as a pixel value, which means to set the activity step you basically need to connect to size_allocate.

  - There are `ctree_set_expander_style()`-functions, to randomly change look-and-feel for no good reason.

  - The split between GtkProgress and GtkProgressBar makes no sense to me whatsoever.

  This was a big wart on GTK+ and made people waste lots of time, both learning and using the interface. So, we have added what we feel is the correct API, and marked all the rest deprecated. However, the changes are 100% backward-compatible and should break no existing code. The following 5 functions are the new programming interface and you should consider changing your code to use them:

        void       gtk_progress_bar_pulse                (GtkProgressBar *pbar);
        void       gtk_progress_bar_set_text             (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                                          const gchar    *text);
        void       gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction         (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                                          gfloat          fraction);

        void       gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step       (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                                          gfloat          fraction);
        void       gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation      (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
      						    GtkProgressBarOrientation orientation);

- The GtkNotebookPage structure has been removed from the public header files; this was never meant to be a public structure, and all functionality that could be done by accessing the struct fields of this structure should be accessible otherwise.

- Negative values of the `position` parameter to `gtk_notebook_reorder_child()` now cause the page to be appended, not inserted at the beginning. (This gives consistency with `gtk_box_reorder_child()`, `gtk_menu_reorder_child()`.)

- `GtkMenuPositionFunc` has a new parameter `push_in` which controls how menus placed outside the screen is handled. If this is set to `TRUE` and part of the menu is outside the screen then GTK+ pushes it into the visible area. Otherwise the menu is cut of at the end of the visible screen area.

  Regardless of what happens to the size of the menu, the result is always that the items are placed in the same place as if the menu was placed outside the screen, using menu scrolling if necessary.

- The "draw" signal and virtual method on GtkWidget has been removed. All drawing should now occur by invalidating a region of the widget (call `gdk_window_invalidate_rect()` or `gtk_widget_queue_draw()` for example to invalidate a region). GTK+ merges all invalid regions, and sends expose events to the widget in an idle handler for the invalid regions. `gtk_widget_draw()` is deprecated but still works; it adds the passed-in area to the invalid region and immediately sends expose events for the current invalid region. Most widgets will work fine if you just delete their "draw" implementation, since they will already have working expose_event implementations. The draw method was rarely called in practice anyway.

- The GdkExposeEvent has a new `region` field. This can be used instead of the `area` field if you want a more exact representation of the area to update.

- Sending synthetic exposes using `gtk_widget_event()` is no longer allowed. If you just need an expose call you should use `gdk_window_invalidate_rect()` or `gdk_window_invalidate_region()` instead. For the case of container widgets that need to propagate expose events to `NO_WINDOW` children you can either use `gtk_container_propagate_expose()`, or chain to the default container expose handler.

- The draw_default and draw_focus methods/signals on GtkWidget are gone; simply draw things in your expose handler. `gtk_widget_draw_focus()` and `gtk_widget_draw_default()` wrapper functions are also gone; just queue a draw on the widget, or the part affected by the focus/default anyway. Also, GtkWidget now has default implementations for focus_in_event and focus_out_event. These set/unset `GTK_HAS_FOCUS`, and queue a draw. So if your focus in/out handler just does that, you can delete it.

- GtkText and GtkTree are buggy and broken. We don't recommend using them, and changing old code to avoid them is a good idea. The recommended alternatives are GtkTextView and GtkTreeView. The broken widgets are not declared in the headers by default; to use them, define the symbol `GTK_ENABLE_BROKEN` during compilation. In some future release, these widgets will be removed from GTK+.

- GdkColorContext is gone; you probably weren't using it anyway. Use GdkColormap and the `gdk_rgb_*` functions instead.

- GtkMenuBar now draws the `GtkContainer::border_width` space outside the frame, not inside the frame.

- In GTK+ 1.2, if an event handler returned `TRUE` it prevented propagation of that event to parent widgets. That is, the event signal would not be emitted on parent widgets. In GTK+ 2.0, if an event handler returns `TRUE`, the current signal emission on the current widget is immediately stopped. That is, other callbacks connected to the signal will not be invoked.

- `gtk_toolbar_new()` no longer has arguments. This function was broken because the default `GtkToolbarStyle` (icons, text, both) is now a user preference, which is overridden when you call `gtk_toolbar_set_style()`. The constructor forced everyone to override the preference, which was undesirable. So to port your app, decide if you want to force the toolbar style or conform to the user's global defaults; if you want to force it, call `gtk_toolbar_set_style()`.

  The orientation arg was removed from `gtk_toolbar_new()` as well, just because it wasn't very useful and we were breaking the function anyway so had an opportunity to lose it. Call `gtk_toolbar_set_orientation()` to set toolbar orientation.

- GtkRange/GtkScrollbar/GtkScale were rewritten; this means that most theme engines won't draw them properly, and any custom subclasses of these widgets will need a rewrite (though if you could figure out how to subclass the old version of GtkRange, you have our respect). Also, `GtkTroughType` is gone.

  Here are some notable changes:

  - `stepper_size` style property is the height for vertical ranges, width for horizontal; the other dimension matches the trough size.

  - Added the ability to do NeXT-style steppers (and several other styles that don't make any sense).

  - Added `min_slider_length`, `fixed_slider_length` properties to GtkScrollbar.

  - Cleaned some private (or at least useless) functions out of `gtkscale.h`, e.g. `gtk_scale_value_width`.

  - Moved bindings from subclasses to GtkScale, even arrow keys, since blind users don't know scale orientation.

  - Changed `move_slider` action signal to use new GtkScrollType, remove GtkTroughType argument.

  - Digits rounds the values a range will input to the given number of decimals, but will not try to force adjustment values set by other controllers. That is, we no longer modify `adjustment->value` inside a `value_changed` handler.

  - Added getters for GtkScale setters.

  - Middle-click begins a slider drag.

- The GtkContainer::focus signal/virtual function and `gtk_container_focus()` call were replaced by GtkWidget::focus and `gtk_widget_child_focus()`. The semantics are the same, so you should be able to just replace `container_class->focus = mywidget_focus` with `widget_class->focus = mywidget_focus` and replace `gtk_container_focus()` calls with `gtk_widget_child_focus()` calls.

  The purpose of this change was to allow non-containers to have focusable elements.

- `gtk_rc_set_image_loader()` and `gtk_rc_load_image()` have been removed, now that GTK+ includes decent image loading capabilities itself.

- An extra GtkSettings argument has been added to `gtk_rc_find_pixmap_in_path()`. This function is only actually useful from a theme engine during parsing, at which point the GtkSettings is provided.

- The child argument facility in `gtkcontainer.c` has been converted to a child property facility using GParamSpec and other facilities for GObject.

- The `set_child_arg()` and `get_child_arg()` virtual methods have been replaced with `set_child_property()`/`get_child_property()`, which work similar to GObject->set_property/get_property.

- Other removed GtkContainer functions with the replacements:

  Old function | Replacement
  --- | ---
  `gtk_container_add_child_arg_type` | `gtk_container_class_install_child_property`
  `gtk_container_query_child_args` | `gtk_container_class_list_child_properties`
  `gtk_container_child_getv` | `gtk_container_child_set_property`
  `gtk_container_child_setv` | `gtk_container_child_get_property`
  `gtk_container_add_with_args` | `gtk_container_add_with_properties`
  `gtk_container_addv` | `gtk_container_add`/`gtk_container_child_set_property`

- `gdk_image_get()` (or rather its replacement, `gdk_drawable_get_image()`) now handles errors properly by returning `NULL`, previously it would crash. Also, a window being offscreen is no longer considered an error; instead, the area contains undefined contents for the offscreen areas. In most cases, code using `gdk_image_get()` should really be ported to `gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable()`.

- `gtk_widget_set_usize()` has been renamed to `gtk_widget_set_size_request()`, however the old name still exists unless you define `GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED`.

- `gtk_widget_set_uposition()` is deprecated; use `gtk_window_move()`, `gtk_fixed_put()`, or `gtk_layout_put()` instead.

- `gtk_window_set_policy()` is deprecated. To get the effect of "allow_shrink", call `gtk_widget_set_size_request (window, 0, 0)`. To get the effect of "allow_grow", call `gtk_window_set_resizable (window, TRUE)`. You didn't want the effect of "auto_shrink", it made no sense. But maybe if you were using it you want to use `gtk_window_resize (window, 1, 1)` to snap a window back to its minimum size (the 1, 1 will be rounded up to the minimum window size).

- The core GTK+ now takes care of handling mapping, unmapping and realizing the child widgets of containers in `gtk_widget_set_parent()`. In most cases, this allows container implementations to be simplified by removing the code in `add()` methods to map and realize children. However, there are a couple of things to watch out for here:

- If the parent is realized before the `add()` happens, `gtk_widget_set_parent_window()` must be called before `gtk_widget_set_parent()`, since `gtk_widget_set_parent()` will realize the child.

- If a container depended on its children not being mapped unless it did so itself (for example, GtkNotebook only mapped the current page), then the new function `gtk_widget_set_child_visible()` must be called to keep widgets that should not be mapped not mapped.

  As part of this change, most containers also will no longer need custom implementations of the `map()` and `unmap()` virtual functions. The only cases where this is necessary are:

  - For `!NO_WINDOW` widgets, if you create children of `widget->window` and don't map them in `realize()` then you must map them in `map()`. [ In almost all cases, you can simply map the windows in `realize()`. ]

  - For `NO_WINDOW` widgets, if you create windows in your `realize()` method, you must map then in `map()` and unmap them in `unmap()`.

- `gtk_widget_set_default_style()`, `gtk_widget_push_style()`, and `gtk_widget_pop_style()` have been removed, since they did not work properly with themes and there were better alternatives for modifying the appearance of widgets. You should generally use `gtk_widget_modify_*()` instead.

- `gtk_image_new()` now takes no arguments and creates an empty GtkImage widget. To create a GtkImage widget from a GdkImage (the least common usage of GdkImage), use `gtk_image_new_from_image()`.

- `GTK_SELECTION_EXTENDED` is now deprecated, and neither the GtkList/GtkTree nor the GtkCList/GtkCTree support `GTK_SELECTION_EXTENDED` anymore. However, the old extended behavior replaces `MULTIPLE` behavior.

- The following variables are no longer exported from GDK. (Other variables are also no longer exported; the following are the ones found used externally in a large sample of GTK+ code.)

  Variable | Replacement
  --- | ---
  `gdk_null_window_warnings` | None - did nothing in GTK+ 1.2
  `gdk_leader_window` | None - private variable
  `gdk_screen` | `gdk_x11_get_default_screen ()`
  `gdk_root_window` | `gdk_x11_get_default_root_xwindow ()`
  `gdk_root_parent` | `gdk_get_default_root_window ()`
  `gdk_error_code` | `gdk_error_trap_push ()/pop ()`
  `gdk_error_warnings` | `gdk_error_trap_push ()/pop ()`
  `gdk_display_name` | `gdk_get_display ()`
  `gdk_wm_delete_window` | `gdk_atom_intern ("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", FALSE)`
  `gdk_wm_take_focus` | `gdk_atom_intern ("WM_TAKE_FOCUS", FALSE)`
  `gdk_wm_protocols` | `gdk_atom_intern ("WM_PROTOCOLS", FALSE)`

- The handling of colormaps and widgets has been changed:

  - The default colormap for widgets is now the GdkRGB colormap, not the system default colormap. If you try to use resources created for a widget (e.g., `widget->style`) with a window using the system colormap, errors will result on some machines.

  - `gtk_widget_push()`/`gtk_widget_pop_colormap()` only cause the colormap to be explicitly set on toplevel widgets, not on all widgets. The colormap for other widgets (when not set using `gtk_widget_set_colormap()`), is determined by finding the nearest ancestor with a colormap set on it explicitly, or if that fails, the default colormap.

- The default selected day for GtkCalendar is now the current day in the month, not the first day in the month. The current month and year were already used.

- GDK is no longer put into threaded mode automatically when `g_thread_init()` has been called. In order to use the global GDK thread mutex with `gdk_threads_enter()` and `gdk_threads_leave()`, you must call `gdk_threads_init()` explicitly. If you aren't using GDK and GTK+ functions from multiple threads, there is no reason to call `gdk_threads_init()`.

- The GtkPreviewInfo struct has had its visual and colormap fields removed. Also, `gtk_preview_get_cmap()` and `gtk_preview_get_visual()` are deprecated, as GdkRGB works on any colormap and visual. You no longer need to `gtk_widget_push_cmap (gtk_preview_get_cmap ())` in your code.

- The GtkBox, GtkTable, and GtkAlignment widgets now call `gtk_widget_set_redraw_on_allocate (widget, FALSE);` on themselves. If you want to actually draw contents in a widget derived from one of these widgets, you'll probably want to change this in your `init()` function.

- A number of widgets are now `NO_WINDOW` widgets (most importantly GtkButton, but also GtkRange and GtkNotebook) This has a couple of effects:

  - If you are deriving from one of these widgets, you need to adapt your code appropriately -- for instance, drawing coordinates start from `widget->allocation.x, widget->allocation.y`.

  - If you are embedding one of these widgets in a custom widget, you must make sure you call `gtk_container_propagate_expose()` correctly, as you must for any `NO_WINDOW` widgets.

  GtkFixed is a little special; it is now created by default as a `NO_WINDOW` widget, but if you do

          gtk_fixed_set_has_window (fixed, TRUE);

  after creating a fixed widget, it will create a window and handle it properly.

- GtkLayout no longer has the `xoffset`, `yoffset` fields, which used to store the difference between world and window coordinates for `layout->bin_window`. These coordinate systems are now always the same.

- `gtk_paint_focus()`, `gtk_draw_focus()` and `GtkStyle::draw_focus()` have been changed a bit:

  - A `GtkStateType` argument has been added to `gtk_paint_focus()`.

  - The default implementation of the `GtkStyle::draw_focus()` virtual function now draws a focus rectangle whose width is determined by the GtkWidget::focus-width style property.

  - The rectangle passed in is the bounding box, instead of the rectangle used in the `gdk_draw_rectangle()` call, so it is no longer necessary to subtract 1 from the width and height.

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