Re: geometry calculation delayed until ... when?

[Frank Cusack <fcusack fcusack com>]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 10:10:01AM +0100, Axel Simon wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 07:05:34PM -0700, Frank Cusack wrote:
> > BTW,
> >
> >     show_all(box) ;
> >     [ get geometry, calculcate new position ]
> >     set_position(box, POS_NONE);
> >     set_uposition(box, x, y);
> >     show_all(box)
> >
> > does display the widget and then you see it move.
>
> There must be another way. Have you consulted
> gtk+-2.0.5/docs/sizing-test.txt
> in the source code directory?

I'm using gtk+-1.2.10, which does not contain that file.  But that file
seems to suggest that I could realize() the window first.  Which I didn't
have good luck with.

Anyway, just moving the set_position() call before show_all() works
(show_all() also forces realization).  I guess setting POS_NONE and
having no x,y position set means the window isn't drawn.  (The code before
this doesn't bother to set the x,y position since it uses POS_CENTER.)

/fc