Re: auto shrinking widgets (please advise)

[TP Muller <tpm01 aber ac uk>]

On Tuesday 26 November 2002 00:30, Dimitar Haralanov wrote:
>       Hi, I am working with GTK+ 1.2 and I would like to know whether there
> is a way to make widgets auto shrink. Here is what I have in mind:
>
>       I have a GtkLabel widget that gets set dynamically, meaning that it
> could contain different text. Sometimes the widget might take up
> multiple lines. GTK automatically adjusts the widgets below the label to
> accommodate for the larger label. However, once the label becomes short
> again, the extra space allocated for the large label does not get
> reclaimed by the lower widgets.

I have exactly the same problem, and I just can't find a way to make a label 
shrink after a longer text has been replaced by a shorter text, in gtk 1.2.10 
:-(

I have searched google and other sources for a whole hour yesterday, and yet 
couldn't find a solution that actually works for my GtkLabel or the hbox it 
is in. This problem persist independent of label justification.

Here are two small screenshots which illustrate the problem. Note that all 
labels have been set to justify LEFT:
http://ed2k-gtk-gui.sf.net/right-wrong.html

If you know how to solve this, please advise.

Many thanks in advance

Cheers
-Tim