Re: GtkBox packing

[Martin Klaffenboeck <martin klaffenboeck gmx at>]

Am 2003.06.05 04:06 schrieb(en) Owen Taylor:
> On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 16:49, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > When I have a vbox, is it possible to pack some widgets more right
> than
> > others?
> >
> > means:
> >
> > -------------
> >   Headerlabel
> > -------------
> >       item1
> > -------------
> >       item2
> > -------------
> >
> > So that we can see a hierarchy?
>
> Use a hbox and pack a dummy empty widget into the first location (say
> another hbox) and set it's width with gtk_widget_set_size_request()

Hm. Looks more like a workarround than a solution.

> In GTK+-2.4, GtkAlignment will have the ability to set padding
> independently on all 4 sides, which make such arrangements easier
> to accomplish.

My app will need some work, the first beta releases will come out in 
about 2 Months, the finish release in about a year or something.

When will gtk-2.4 come out?  Maybe I just set a comment there for now.  
(I'm working with 2.3 developer release.)

Martin

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