Split-pane Qs

["Joshua A. Andler" <joshua bivenslaw com>]

Hi fellow gtk hackers! :)

I have 2 questions that are related. I'll explain the intended use and 
then ask the questions. In Inkscape we're putting color swatches in the 
main UI. We would like for the swatch area to be re-sizable (if a 
condition can be met), and without writing a bunch of new code, it 
appears that the interim solution is to be using a pane-split. A problem 
that we have is that our tools are switchable via the F keys, and when a 
re-sizable split is used, F6 & F8 are used for that. So, onto the 
questions...

1) Is it possible to have a re-sizable split-pane view and override the 
functions of F6 & F8? If we could avoid having those keys hijacked, that 
would be excellent. We really only need the mouse to re-size it because 
it's not really intended to be used like most splits are (this one is 
just a temporary workaround).
2) Let's say #1 isn't possible. Is it then possible to set a minimum 
size for a fixed pane? It seems to default to it's size of choice and 
currently the swatches are a couple rows tall (vs just having one row 
which is what we're looking for).

We are currently using a fixed pane, but the default size is too big. To 
recap, we either want a fixed pane to have a new minimum/maximum size or 
to be able to use a non-fixed split-pane that we can override gtk's 
automatic use of F6 and F8 for resizing and switching. Hopefully that 
all made sense. ;)

Thanks for any help,

-Josh
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