RE: combobox internal padding

["Medora Schauer" <mschauer fairfield com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Pogonyshev [mailto:pogonyshev gmx net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:31 AM
> To: Medora Schauer
> Cc: gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: combobox internal padding
> 
> Medora Schauer wrote:
> > There seems to be more "dead space" above the text than below it. In
> > fact it looks like there may only be 2 pixels below but more than 2
> > above. I wonder if controlling the y alignment of the text might
help?
> > The combobox properties list doesn't include a y-alignment setting
but I
> > think I'll keep looking for a way to set it.
> 
> I assume that text drawing (combo box uses GtkCellView AFAIK, which
uses
> cell renderers in turn, which use Pango) requests height for full line
of
> text, including interline spacing.  Or maybe not.  In any case, I
think
> this padding is the result of font metrics and is impossible to chunk
out
> without some really major, far-stretching and ugly hacks.
> 
> Paul

That is very disappointing.  It means the resulting combobox is about
25% bigger (in height) than it needs to be. Besides taking up a lot of
real estate, it is aesthetically unpleasing.

Oh, well, it's an imperfect world...

Thanks again for your help.

Medora