Re: notebook widget like in Firefox

["John (J5) Palmieri" <johnp redhat com>]

On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 23:04 +0100, Khiraly wrote:
> Dear List,
>
>   I'm developing an application in which I'd like the windows to be able
> to be grouped on tabs, exactly like Firefox does.
>   I've looked into the notebook widget, and it would meet my
> expectations - but I cannot place an X (close) button on the right side
> of the tabs (one X overall, no Xs for the separate tabs, just like
> Firefox).
>   This would be a chat window alike those in the popular Xchat2 program,
> but I'd like the pages grouped like in the Firefox browser.
>
>   Could someone recommend me a documentation for this? I've checked the
> GTK API specifications concerning to the notebook widget, but I see no
> information on this. But I really hope there is a solution for this,
> either one not in the documentation or one I had skipped.
>
>   All suggestions are welcome.

You would need to hack the GtkNotebook code to do this.  Should be easy
given that they already add forward (>) and backward (<) stepper buttons
in the same location you want the close button.  

> Best regards,
> Khiraly
>
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John (J5) Palmieri
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