Re: Getting the width and height of a widget in gtk+-1.2

[Tim Evans <t evans aranz com>]

Nix wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Please CC your reply to my email address, as I am not subscribed. 
> Thanks !
>
> The task is simple enough:  Given any widget, determine its width and
> height.  No, gdk_window_get_size doesn't help, because if the widget
> does not have its own window, I get the size of one of its containers,
> which is useless.

Use gtk_widget_size_request.

> My goal is this:
> I have a dynamic list(VBox, really) of checkboxes which gets filled in
> before the dialog box pops up.  I want to measure the width and height
> of the checkboxes, then cause the width of the dialog box to become such
> that the scrollwindow and the viewport can accomodate the widest
> checkbox without a horizontal scrollbar.  I would like to do this
> (preferably) before the dialog box becomes visible, so the user doesn't
> experience a jerk when it pops up.

Have you tried setting the horizontal scrollbar policy to 
GTK_POLICY_NEVER using gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy?  Or maybe what 
you really want is a GtkTreeView list with an editable boolean column?

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Tim Evans
Applied Research Associates NZ
http://www.aranz.com/