Re: problems with window size

[Daniel Pekelharing <legendstar gmail com>]

Hi,

I had this same problem with a dialog I created..

I got it to look OK by just setting in a fixed size request
on the GtkScrolledWindow like such:

gtk_widget_set_size_request(scrolled_window, 300, 200);

Of course this is not the perfect solution, but I find
it a lot better than tiny sized windows which have to be
manually enlarged each time..

hope this helps..

- Daniel

On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 01:52 -0400, Dan McMahill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have what is I'm sure is a fairly simple question.
>
> I have a dialog box created with
>
> window = gtk_dialog_new();
>
> Then I create a table containing a bunch of label widgets and stick it 
> in the window with
>
>    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (GTK_DIALOG (window)->vbox),
>                        table, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
>
> The problem I have is I have is that on some of these dialogs, the table 
> is quite long and you end up with a window that is taller than the 
> screen.  The dialogs with smaller tables look great though.
>
> So, I changed the code a bit and added scrollbars.  So now I do 
> something like:
>
>    scrolled_window = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
>    gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), 10);
>    gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_window),
>            GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC, GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
>
>    table = gtk_table_new(0,0,FALSE);
>
>    /* create and add a bunch of label widgets to the table */
>    [snip]
>
>    /* create and add gridlines */
>    item=gtk_hseparator_new();
>    gtk_table_attach(GTK_TABLE(table),item,0,7,0,1,
>    GTK_FILL, GTK_FILL,1,1);
>    [snip - lots more h and v separators added]
>
>
>     /* put the table in the scrolled window */
>      gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport(
>            GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_window), table);
>      gtk_widget_show_all(scrolled_window);
>
>
>    And finally I stick this scrolled_window into my dialog box in the 
> same way that I used to put the table in.
>
> The problem I have now is the dialog boxes always come up very small, a 
> tiny fraction of my screen size, and I always have to manually enlarge 
> them before they are remotely useful.  The scroll bars a a big help on 
> the table which had lots of rows.
>
> So my question is how to tell this dialog box, 'make your self big 
> enough to avoid scroll bars unless you would be larger than [display 
> size, some fixed size, something...] in which case just use the max 
> allowed size'.
>
> I played around with gtk_widget_set_usize, but it makes the smaller 
> tables ugly.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>         -Dan