Re: problems with table and labels

[Theodore Roth <troth netmagic net>]

Theodore Roth wrote:
> 
> J.Blunck@tu-harburg.de wrote:
> >
> > I want to add 2 labels and 2 entries to a table. The problem is that
> > the labels are not left aligned. How can I do that ?
> >
> 
> Put the labels in an alignment widget and then attach the alignment to
> the table. Here's an example:
> 

I was just digging through some gtk source and found a better way to do
this:

GtkWidget *add_label_to_table( GtkWidget *table, gint left, gint top,
gchar *str )
{
  GtkWidget *label;

  label = gtk_label_new( str );
  gtk_misc_set_padding( GTK_MISC( label ), 5, 0);
  gtk_misc_set_alignment( GTK_MISC( label ), 1.0, 0.5 );
  gtk_widget_show( GTK_WIDGET(label) );
  gtk_table_attach_defaults( GTK_TABLE(table), label, left, left+1, top,
top+1 );

  return label;
}

This is probably the preferred way. This is still for right alignment.
For left alignment, use

  gtk_misc_set_alignment( GTK_MISC( label ), 0.0, 0.5 );

As a bonus, the 0.5 vertically aligns the label text up with the text in
the entry widget to the right so it looks correct.

Ted Roth

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