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[Glade-users] Unable to fix the Text Entry widget size

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Manuel Ferrero <mferrero at reer.it> wrote:

I'm struggling with alignment and size of a Text Entry widget: I simply
can't reduce to exact size.



GtkEntry by default requires a fixed minimum size.

To change that minimum size you need to set the "width-chars"
property:
http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkEntry.html#GtkEntry--width-chars

Notably this default behavior is not correctly documented, however
looking at gtkentry.c:gtk_entry_get_preferred_width() reveals
that there is a fallback minimum width used.

Cheers,
            -Tristan


What I want:
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3597/simplemockup.png

What I get:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1138/simplerw.png

The Glade file for the second image:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<interface>
?<requires lib="gtk+" version="2.24"/>
?<!-- interface-naming-policy project-wide -->
?<object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
? ?<property name="can_focus">False</property>
? ?<property name="border_width">5</property>
? ?<signal name="delete-event" handler="on_window1_delete_event"
swapped="no"/>
? ?<child>
? ? ?<object class="GtkVBox" id="vbox1">
? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">False</property>
? ? ? ?<child>
? ? ? ? ?<object class="GtkLabel" id="label1">
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="xalign">0</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="yalign">0.46000000834465027</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="label" translatable="yes">Label</property>
? ? ? ? ?</object>
? ? ? ? ?<packing>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="expand">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="fill">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="position">0</property>
? ? ? ? ?</packing>
? ? ? ?</child>
? ? ? ?<child>
? ? ? ? ?<object class="GtkHButtonBox" id="hbuttonbox1">
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="layout_style">start</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<child>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?<object class="GtkEntry" id="entry1">
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="invisible_char">?? </property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="text" translatable="yes">text</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="primary_icon_activatable">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="secondary_icon_activatable">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="primary_icon_sensitive">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="secondary_icon_sensitive">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?</object>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?<packing>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="expand">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="fill">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="position">0</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?</packing>
? ? ? ? ? ?</child>
? ? ? ? ?</object>
? ? ? ? ?<packing>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="expand">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="fill">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="position">1</property>
? ? ? ? ?</packing>
? ? ? ?</child>
? ? ? ?<child>
? ? ? ? ?<object class="GtkHButtonBox" id="hbuttonbox2">
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="spacing">5</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="layout_style">center</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<child>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?<object class="GtkButton" id="button1">
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="label" translatable="yes">button</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="use_action_appearance">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="receives_default">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?</object>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?<packing>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="expand">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="fill">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="position">0</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?</packing>
? ? ? ? ? ?</child>
? ? ? ? ? ?<child>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?<object class="GtkButton" id="button2">
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="label" translatable="yes">button</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="use_action_appearance">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="visible">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="can_focus">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="receives_default">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?</object>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?<packing>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="expand">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="fill">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="position">1</property>
? ? ? ? ? ? ?</packing>
? ? ? ? ? ?</child>
? ? ? ? ?</object>
? ? ? ? ?<packing>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="expand">False</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="fill">True</property>
? ? ? ? ? ?<property name="position">2</property>
? ? ? ? ?</packing>
? ? ? ?</child>
? ? ?</object>
? ?</child>
?</object>
</interface>

How can I reduce the size of the Text Entry and fix it to the size of the
button?

TIA
--
Regards,
Manuel Ferrero
R&D department

Reer SpA
Tel. ?+39 011 2482215
Fax. +39 011 859867

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