Re: Layout Question

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw iprimus com au>]

Adam Voigt wrote:
> Apologies if this seems incredibly simple, but I'm brand-new to GTK and
> trying to figure out the box (layout) concept. Lets say I wanted someone
> to enter their firstname, in HTML I would do:
>
> Firstname: <input type="text" name="firstname" size="10">
>
> No matter what size their window, firstname would always be one space
> from the field, and the field would always be 10 characters long. I'm
> trying to get something similiar in GTK, but right now, when I expand
> the window, the spaces around firstname and the length of the field,
> continue to expand to fill the window.
>
> If someones running at 1024x768, I don't want a 800 character text field
> for their firstname, so how do I make it stop filling the entire area?
>
> Thanks very much.

When you use gtk_box_pack_start(), use FALSE and FALSE for expand and fill.