Re: can anybody help me figure out why the two hbox buttons don't show?

[Florian Müllner <fmuellner gnome org>]

On mar, 2011-12-13 at 16:40 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> hm.  okay, so i removed the second gtk_container_box and got the
> same results.  the following "hbox" is missing from the window:
>
>
>
>     button_dec = gtk_button_new_from_stock ("Decrease counter");
>     gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), button_dec, FALSE, FALSE, 2);
>     g_signal_connect (button_dec, "clicked", G_CALLBACK (dec_button_click_cb),
>                       NULL);
>     gtk_widget_set_sensitive (button_dec, FALSE);
>     gtk_widget_show(button_dec);
>
> in fact, neither button is displayed.


Did you add 'hbox' to any container ('vbox' in your code example)?