RE: 2.4 features - Indenting container

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

So, can we agree that a version of Gregory's patch that does 4-sided
(independent) padding could go into 2.4?
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2002-December/msg00090.html

Murray Cumming
murrayc usa net
www.murrayc.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Taylor [mailto:otaylor redhat com] 
> Sent: Donnerstag, 13. März 2003 16:28
> To: Cumming Murray (COMNEON Linz)
> Cc: gtk-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: RE: 2.4 features - Indenting container
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 10:05, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> 
> > > The only API proposal I remember seeing was a proposal for a 
> > > separate container widget that allowed for padding on exactly one 
> > > side of it's child.
> > > 
> > > This didn't seem like a great idea to me ... it's a little
> > > clunky to have to nest containers if you need padding on two 
> > > sides, and I don't see a need for a new container type.
> > > 
> > > Something like:
> > > 
> > >  gtk_alignment_set_padding (left, right, top, bottom)
> > 
> > Yes. Are you suggesting that it should be part of 
> GtkAligment instead 
> > of a new widget? Actually, that's Gregory Merchan has already 
> > implemented: 
> > 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-> list/2002-December/msg00090.h
> > tml
> > I think a new widget might be more appropriate, but it 
> doesn't bother me
> > greatly as long as we have one or the other.
> 
> Well, the difference is that in theatpatch there is padding 
> on one side, while I think you are right that you want 
> independent padding on all four sides.
> 
> If we add it as something extra to GtkAlignment, I think
> there will be a natural concept of:
> 
>  "I want to tweak the whitespace around this widget, let
>   me add a GtkAlignment and fool with the properties 
>   until things look right"
> 
> On the other hand, if we had a separate widget, and 
> glade's right click menu had:
>  
>  Add alignment
>  Add spacer
> 
> I think people would pick the wrong one a lot of the time. 
> Plus, you need both a good portion of the time, and having 
> two levels of containership just makes things more 
> complicated to handle.
> 
> GtkAlignment won't be the greatest *name* for such widget, 
> GtkSpacer would be a lot better. But I think a bad name is 
> better than having two widgets.
> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
> 
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