Re: GTK+- widget packing question

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

BobS0327 wrote:
> I'm using gtk_vbox_new and gtk_hbox_new to pack widgets on a window. My
> problem is that the packing is too uniform. Every widget is assigned the
> same uniform box size.
>
> In other words, my first horizontal wdget would be a text box, the next
> widget would be a listview and the third horizontal widget would again be a
> text box. I wouid like to have each widget  be of a different vertical and
> horizontal length. The text box would be one row horizontally, the listview
> would be four rows horizontally and the next text box would again be one row
> horizontally. How can I accomplish this nonuniform positioning?

Different containers have different "packing properties"; see:

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkContainer.html#gtk-container-child-set

Mostly the functions used to add children set these properties;
for example gtk_box_pack_start() will set the expand & fill
options.

Cheers,
                    -Tristan