Re: Adding a Frame to a HBox

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

Marco wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:31:47 -0600, Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com> wrote:
>
> > Marco Scholten wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <mail gehli com>
> > > To: <jalqadir netscape net>; <gtkmm-list gnome org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:22 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Adding a Frame to a HBox
> > >
> > >
> > > > you have to use the pack_start or pack_end function described in 
> > > > the  Gtk::Box reference, to add a frame to a box...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Not necessarily, from Gtk::Box reference:
> > >
> > > Because Gtk::Box is a Gtk::Container, you may also use  
> > > Gtk::Container::add() to insert widgets, and they will be packed as 
> > > if  with pack_start(). Use Gtk::Container::remove() to remove widgets.
> > >
> > > source:  
> > > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Box.html  
> > >
> > >
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> > If you use the "add" method, then you can add no further objects to 
> > the  hbox container.  This is why you want to use pack_start or 
> > pack_end. Bob  Caryl
>
>
> Since this contradicts what the documentation says i decided to try it,
> I tried to pack several widgets into a VBox using the "add" method and
> it works exactly like using pack_start, i can "add" more than one widget
> without any problem.
>
> Just to be sure i checked the gtk+ source and it turns out that add 
> simply
> calls pack_start
>
> static void
> gtk_box_add (GtkContainer *container,
>          GtkWidget    *widget)
> {
>   gtk_box_pack_start_defaults (GTK_BOX (container), widget);
> }
>
> Why do you think "add" is limited to one widget?
>
> --
> Marco
I think this because in the version of gtkmm (2.6.2) that I'm using 
because it fails and generates a warning message in the console window 
of my IDE.

Bob