Re: How can I display the buttons in a dialog's action area vertically?

[Christopher Anderson <sidewinder asu gmail com>]

The documentation says the action_area is indeed a GtkHButtonBox. I
doubt that you can change this to a GtkVButtonBox, because that is not
the way dialog widgets normally behave. Perhaps, instead, you could
put all the choices as entries in a GtkComboBox. Then simply have the
usual Ok and Cancel buttons in your action_area. A dozen "choice"
buttons is a little overwhelming to a user, and also eats up a lot of
screen real estate.

Cheers,
Chris Anderson

On 6/22/05, Paul Santa Maria <paulsm1021 yahoo com> wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have a pop-up window (a GtkDialog) that presents a list of about a dozen
> choices.  I want to display these choices vertically.  The action area seems to
> be an HBox.  Any suggestions?
>
> Here's the basic code:
>
>  m_dialog1 = gtk_dialog_new ();
>  gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (m_dialog1), title);
>  gtk_window_set_type_hint (GTK_WINDOW (m_dialog1),
>    GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG);
>  ...
>  GtkWidget *dialog_action_area1 = GTK_DIALOG (m_dialog1)->action_area;
>  gtk_widget_show (dialog_action_area1);
>  gtk_button_box_set_layout (GTK_BUTTON_BOX (dialog_action_area1),
>    GTK_BUTTONBOX_END);
>
>  // Add custom pushbuttons into action area
>  GtkWidget *button1 = gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic (_("1) Moe"));
>  gtk_widget_show (button1);
>  gtk_dialog_add_action_widget (GTK_DIALOG (m_dialog1), button1, 1);
>  ...
>  <= WE'RE DOING A BUNCH OF "ADD_ACTION_WIDGET'S" TO WHAT APPEARS TO
>     BE AN HBOX.
>
>     IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHANGE THE ACTION AREA INTO A VBOX INSTEAD?
>
>     IF I CREATED AN INTERPOSED MY OWN VBOX, COULD I STILL
>     DO "ADD_ACTION_WIDGET" INTO IT?
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