Re: set_resize

[markku vire iki fi]

Hi,

Quoting Pietro Battiston <toobaz email it>:

> the documentation for gtk_widget_size_request () says:
>
> "Also remember that the size request is not necessarily the size a
> widget will actually be allocated."
>
> While there may be a lot of reasons why a widget doesn't get the area
> requested, I imagine(d) the basic one would be "because there is not
> enough space on the screen for everyone".

The most common case when requisition and allocation differ is that a widget
gets more space than it requested. This happens easily when widget is packed
into container (like GtkVBox/GtkHBox) and is set to expand.

Cheers,

-Markku-