Re: Wrapping gtk2:buttons

[Chris Debenham <chris adebenham com>]

2009/6/11 Kevin Ryde <user42 zip com au>:
> Chris Debenham <chris adebenham com> writes:
>>
>> 2009/6/10 Grant McLean <grant mclean net nz>:
>>>
>>> * the Gtk::TextView ...
>>
>> Ugly - but may work
>
> You might check if it will flow them automatically, I suspect they might
> end up in one wide line.

Perhaps if I put a space character between each?

>
>>> * the Gtk::Layout ...
>>
>> This would get complicated/slow as it has to be done for up to 150
>> buttons (for chapters with lots of verses)
>
> A custom container widget might be the way to go.  It could be much
> easier than wrestling with cell layout/view/renderer/editable/whatnot.
>
> A "flowed-hbox" seems like a reasonable concept.  In one of my dialogs
> I've got a set of parameter entry boxes or check buttons and if there's
> a lot I could see them flowed instead of scrolled.

How would I go about this?



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