Re[2]: A springs and struts widget for GTK+

[andrey <aka_ bk ru>]

> Hi,
>
> Russell Shaw wrote:
> > Greg Breland wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 00:50, andrey wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi,
> > > >
> > > > i have a question in accordance with your message.
> > > > Is there in GTK+ "Position Layout", like in most of gui-libraries?
> > > > For example i want to place label or button in position x=100, y=100, 
> > > > width=100 and height=25. (sorry for my english)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, there is the GTKFixed layout container.  It's highly recommended
> > > that you use containment based layout instead of absolute layout unless
> > > you know what your getting into.  All sorts of layout problems will
> > > happen with the GTKFixed layout when the user uses a different
> > > font/DPI/etc than you do when designing a form.
> > >
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkFixed.html
> >
> >
> > What's wrong with the M$ windows way of layout?
> Everything. Non resizable windows, windows that look odd when enlarging the 
> font. If windows are resizable then the often add new space equally to every 
> widget (which is non-sense).
> Apart IMHO its more work to re-calculate the positions, than just to stuff 
> another button into a box and let the layouter do the math.
>
> Stefan

"Side to side" layout make more flexibility for different font... ,
 but in some cases size of interface code is'n optimized (very large).
 Using "position" layout may reducing code.

Thanks. Andrey.