gtk_table slowing down gui?

[Orlando Juretzki <orlando juretzki net>]

Hello,
I am packing a menu (menubar), a text widget and an entry field with a
gtk_table.
The window the table is added to needs about 10 seconds to be shown and runs
very slow (e.g. activating menuitems). If i remove the gtk_table_attach...
lines, it is fast enough and pops up immediately.


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GtkWidget *txtchat;
GtkWidget *txtinput;
GtkWidget *maintable; /* local */
 
 ...

txtchat = gtk_text_new(NULL, NULL);
txtinput = gtk_entry_new();
   
maintable = gtk_table_new(2, 2, FALSE);

   
gtk_table_attach(GTK_TABLE(maintable), GTK_WIDGET(menubar), 0, 1, 0, 1, GTK_EXPAND|GTK_FILL, GTK_SHRINK, 0, 
0);
gtk_table_attach(GTK_TABLE(maintable), GTK_WIDGET(txtchat), 0, 1, 1, 2, GTK_EXPAND|GTK_FILL, 
GTK_EXPAND|GTK_FILL|GTK_SHRINK, 0, 0);
gtk_table_attach(GTK_TABLE(maintable), GTK_WIDGET(txtinput), 0, 1, 2, 3, GTK_EXPAND|GTK_FILL, GTK_SHRINK, 0, 
0);
 
gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(mainwin), GTK_WIDGET(maintable));

 ...

gtk_widget_show(txtchat);
gtk_widget_show(txtinput);
gtk_widget_show(maintable);
   
gtk_widget_show(mainwin);


Thanks