Re: aligning label strings

[Markus Lausser <sgop users sourceforge net>]

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 21:29, Marc Santhoff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to put the strings of several equally sized buttons in a one
> row table in a special way:
>
> ------------------------------------------
> |  F1 - first string                     |
> ------------------------------------------
> |  F2 - something completely different   |
> ------------------------------------------ 
> |  F3 - ...                              |
> ------------------------------------------
>
> The problem for me is to deal with strings having arbitrary lengths not
> know until creation of this buttons.
>
> What GUI structure and alignment settings would make ensure these Labels
> are appearing left aligned in a row (maybe being centered by the longest
> string)?

If i understand right: you want vertically packed buttons with labels
that align to the left?

Pack the buttons into a vbox or a table column and use
  gtk_button_set_alignment(button, 0.0, 0.5);

Markus.