[Glade-users] List or Tree View?

[damon karuna uklinux net (Damon Chaplin)]

On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 17:54, Louis Bouchard wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how or it the list or tree view will solve my 
> problem.
>
> I need a setup where the user can enter an unlimited number of rows of 
> information into one window in a row/column setup. The setup will be 
> like this:
>
> Juristiction   Beginning Number   Ending Number
> <Information entered into rows for each juristiction>
>
> It looks like list view would solve my problem but I cannot see any way 
> to make it useful. If I am looking at the wrong solution, please tell me 
> if there is a better way to do this.
>
> Please note that I cannot have a upper limit on the number of rows due 
> to the nature of what I am trying to develop.

The GtkTreeView widget was designed for use with a large number of rows,
I think. So 1000s of rows should be OK. But you should try it out first.

It takes a while to get used to the model/view code, but there is
documentation at:
   http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/TreeWidget.html

Damon