Re: geometry calculation delayed until ... when?

[Axel Simon <A Simon ukc ac uk>]

On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 07:05:34PM -0700, Frank Cusack wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 05:10:03PM -0700, Frank Cusack wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 10:22:25AM +0100, Axel Simon wrote:
> > > > Or is the above just fine?  I don't actually see it displayed in the 
> > > > incorrect location then moved.
> > > Redrawing is done in an idle handler in the main loop. So this moving of 
> > > windows will never show AFAIK.
> >
> > I tried both widget_realize() and widget_size_request().  Both get the
> > width correct but the height wrong.
> >
> > So I'll just do the show() which gets both correct.
>
> 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?

Axel.