GtkStatusbar and its GtkBox interface.

[Bastiaan Veelo <bastiaan sarc nl>]

Hi,

I had a look at the source of GtkStatusbar after having failed to give 
it an extra child and have it look properly. The problem is that extra 
children are drawn overlapping the frame of the status bar, instead of 
inside the frame (only checked win32). Internally there is just one 
child in the frame: the label of the status bar. So anyone wanting to 
display extra widgets /inside/ the frame (why would you want anything 
else) will have to replace the frame's child -- which should be 
considered hacking with private data.

A recent revision (#19245) makes GtkStatusbar detect just this hack and 
support it, and I wonder whether this is going to be recommended 
practice. Wouldn't it be better to change the implementation and give 
the frame an hbox and put any extra children in there, alongside the label?

This is itching me (I want an occasional progress bar in there) and I 
may be able to propose a patch if there is any interest.


Best regards,
Bastiaan.