Re: BonoboView sizing problems

[Michael Meeks <michael helixcode com>]

Hi Martin,

On 29 Nov 2000, Martin Baulig wrote:
> After creating the BonoboViewFrame and connecting it to its BonoboView
> In my container application I want to ask the View for its desired
> size (since I want to use it as the default size for the ViewFrame).
>
> But there is no way to do this - the BonoboSocket will get its size at
> some point when gtk_container_idle_sizer() is run next time and there's
> no way to get a callback.

	Why can you not just listen on the CHECK_RESIZE signal ?

> However, there is a simple way to fix this without breaking any existing
> API - all we need to do is to implement BonoboControl::getDesiredSize()
> which currently does nothing.

	The thing is; that these APIs are left as a throw back to the old
and broken way of sizing Gtk widgets, which instead of going through the
plug / socket queue tried to do it synchrnonously and directly. I really
want to discourage people doing this again. Hmm.

	Still; I suppose it's an easy solution, we can do it if you like,
but do it quickly so I don't feel the pain.

	Regards,

		Michael.

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