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Bug 105280 - API: A border should define a clipping shape for a widget
Summary: API: A border should define a clipping shape for a widget
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Graph (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@platform
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Reported: 2007-05-31 15:08 UTC by David Kaspar
Modified: 2007-05-31 15:08 UTC (History)
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Description David Kaspar 2007-05-31 15:08:08 UTC 
For now when a border has non-rectangular shape, then the border usually has to
paint even the background of the widget, otherwise it is dificul to implement
the separation.

Therefore introduce a method on Border interface which will resolve/define a
shape for a assigned widget. This way the widget can use the shape (from Border)
for clipping the painting of background, graphic and child widgets, ...