Re: Creating an aggregating GtkContainer

[Per Hermansson <hermansson per bredband net>]

Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:35, Per Hermansson
> <hermansson per bredband net> wrote:
>
>   
> > My question is if someone knows a good way to implement this.
> > I've tested with estimating the widgets size and if the sum of all children
> > is larger
> > then the container the next sub-container is used.
> > One problem is that the widget's size is not known until the widget gets
> > visible
> > so I need to workaround that.
> >     
>
> Without thinking about this too much (so this may not fit your code or
> use model), you could defer placing widgets in subcontainers until the
> container is realized.  At that point you'll know their sizes.
>
>      -brian
>   

Thanks, this is actually an requirement for me (which I forgot to 
mention) the widgets
are created at runtime, after containers are realized (when a new 
printer is selected)
but the subcontainers are placed by glade (before the window is realized).

Is there a way to after the containers (but before widgets) are realized 
detect if a widget
will overflow a container?

/Per