Re: GTK: give a column of wa hbox a fixed size

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Walter Brebels wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 04:34, Russell Shaw wrote:
>
> > Walter Brebels wrote:
> >
> > > Ok here's the structure of my application:
> > > I have a hbox 2 columns, and in the right column I have a vbox, I need
> > > to give that column, meaning the vbox a fixed size, how do I do this?
> >
> > Maybe the "fixed" container:
> >
> >   http://www.gtk.org/tutorial/sec-fixedcontainer.html
> No, that only allows me to put boxes in that container with a fixed
> position, I know its something with the size_request and the
> size_allocate event, but I don't exactly know how to do it.

Maybe you could fill the vbox with an eventbox, then pack
the eventbox:

GtkWidget *vbox=gtk_vbox_new(FALSE,0);
GtkWidget *evbox=gtk_event_box_new();

gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),evbox,FALSE,FALSE,0);

gint width=500;
gint height=300;
gtk_widget_set_size_request(GTK_WIDGET(evbox),width,height);