Re: GtkFixed child control resizing

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

Atanas Atanasov wrote:
> I have a GtkWindow with a single GtkFixedChild. Then all the rest of
> the interface goes into the GtkFixed with exact positions which I can
> set through gtk_fixed_put or gtk_fixed_move. Suppose I have a GtkLabel
> child. I would like to be able to set its size and apply a text
> alignment through gtk_label_set_justify - for example centered.
> However I do not see how this can be done since GTK is a layout widget
> toolkit and one rarely works with specific coordinates in this case.
> Also I would like to set the vertical alignment of the text.

    Once you set the width/height-request on fixed children; the
justification and alignment work fine afaik... they effect where the
label will be placed inside its allocation.

Cheers,
                -Tristan