Re: Text Field layout

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

        Sorry if I'm late with this ... you probably figured it ou already but
anyhow ...


No problem ... Just use GtkFixed .. and than gtk_container_add( ... x y
w h );
If you wan to theme use libglade and glade_xml_new and
glade_xml_get_widget(widget name)
its so point and click it makes me sick ! (but its the easiest way
around glade will alse aute-generate C / C++ code)


        -Tristan Van Berkom



"William L. Thomson Jr." wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 17:55, James M. Cape wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 18:36, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> > > I am trying to make a form look pretty. :)
> > >
> > > I am coming from a Java background, and in Java I used a gridbaglayout
> > > with various constraints.
> > >
> > > With GTK+ I am not sure what to use. I am using GTK+1.2, and using the
> > > vbox and hbox to control layout. I am thinking about experimenting with
> > > the a table?
> > >
> > > Or should I just stick with the vbox, and hbox, and do my best with
> > > them?
> > >
> > > I have gotten close to what I am looking for, but not exactly.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions or recommendations?
> > >
> > > I like GTK allot. I just started with C/C++ a week or two ago, and
> > > quickly made progress into gui's.
> > >
> > > It was easier to decide what gui library to use, than deciding C or C++.
> >
> > I'm unfamiliar with Java,
>
> Java just has layout mangers that layout things in different way. Some
> like flowlayout,cardlayout,gridlayout, and my favorite gridbaglayout are
> all pretty basic and straight forward.
>
> > though I am reasonably familiar with GTK+'s
> > layout. Sooo, if you want something like this (warning, ascii art :-)):
>
> How else can you express visual ideas with text? ascii art is fine. :)
>
> > Some text:       [__________________]
> > Some more stuff: [__________________]
> > Some pulldown:   [ Current Val | ^v ]
> > [x] Some checkbutton
> >
> > You'd want to use a GtkTable.
>
> Yes, it looks like I do need to play around with the table. I can get
> close but not perfect with the vbox, and hbox.
>
> > If you want something like this:
> >
> > [Button1][Button2][Button3][Button4]
> > [Button5][Button6]
> >
> > That wraps around based on window width (so, if the user shrinks the
> > window width, it would look like):
> >
> > [Button1][Button2][Button3]
> > [Button4][Button5][Button6]
>
> Yes this I would like to avoid. If my windows are resized, I think I can
> turn that off, I do want everything to stay put. Hopefully with fixed
> sizes.
>
> > Then you'd want to use a GtkHWrapBox (GIMP has the source for this
> > widget, though it is unfortunately not included in GTK+ yet -- so if
> > you're writing a GPL'd application you can just grab gtkhwrapbox.{c,h}
> > and it's dependencies [gtkwrapbox.{c,h}]).
>
> I am trying to stick with the core components at the moment.
>
> > GTK+ 2.0 also includes the "GtkSizeGroup", which makes doing stuff like
> > this a snap:
>
> I really wish I could use GTK+ 2.0, but I have a pathetic reason why I
> can't at the moment. I have a theme I love that will not work with 2.0
> :)
>
> Even more pathetic its the Aqua theme, so my Gnome look is basically the
> same a the new OS10 from Apple. Of course I do not have all the cool
> animations and etc. But I also run a free OS, so... :)
>
> > +-Some GtkFrame-----------------------+
> > | Some text:     [__________________] |
> > | Some pulldown: [ Current Val | ^v ] |
> > +-------------------------------------+
> >
> > +-Some Other GtkFrame-----------------+
> > | Stuff:         [__________________] |
> > | [x] Some checkbutton                |
> > +-------------------------------------+
> >
> > Because you can just create a pair of GtkSizeGroups and add all your
> > labels to one, and your entries to another, (after they're in GtkTables
> > or GtkVBoxes/GtkHBoxes) and they will always maintain the same (width
> > &/or height, depending on what you set). Hope that helps.
>
> In every language there is allot of crap required just to position
> things. Why can't I just specify x and y coordinates. :(
>
> > Also, the HIG has some (somewhat confusing) rules on spacing for GNOME
> > apps, so they maintain a basically similar look.
> >
> > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/draft_hig/
>
> Thanks, nice to try and conform to the standard. :) Although it's an
> internal app, so I am not to sure how much that matters. Good to know
> though.
>
> Bottom line I have to do allot of trial and error, and widget fidget. :)
> The annoying part of gui development.
>
> > Peace,
> >
> >     Jim Cape
> >     http://ignore-your.tv/
> >
> >     "No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass
> >      slaughter of innocents."
> >         -- Edward Said
> --
> Sincerely,
> William L. Thomson Jr.
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