Re: GtkBox packing

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 06:43, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:
> 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.

I wouldn't say so .... would it seem like a workaround if we had a 
gtk_spacer_new (gint width, gint height) ? 

Well, you can write my_spacer_new() in two lines with gtk_hbox_new(), 
gtk_widget_widget_set_size_request(), so having a separate widget
for that would be a bit silly.

> > 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.)

I can't give an exact date ("when it's ready"), but we're hoping well
before the end of this year.

Regards,
                                               Owen