Re: Scroll windows does use all of the content area

[Richard Gipps <rgipps netspace net au>]

Where I mentioned "action area" in the email below  I actually meant 
"content area"...
> I am currently updating an application I had written for GTK+2 to work 
> with GTK+3. This work is being done on Windows XP with GTK version 3.2.1.
>
> Previously, the following code produced a scrollable window which took 
> up the whole "action area" of the dialogue box
>
>   License_wnd = gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons("License",
>                                              NULL,
>                                              GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,
>                                              GTK_STOCK_OK,
>                                              GTK_RESPONSE_NONE,
>                                              NULL);
>   gtk_widget_set_size_request(License_wnd,640,420);
>   gtk_window_set_resizable(GTK_WINDOW(License_wnd),FALSE);
>   gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(License_wnd),GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
>
>   License_wnd_scroll = gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL,NULL);
>   
> gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(GTK_DIALOG(License_wnd)->vbox),License_wnd_scroll);
>
> I have changed the code to use the new content area concept (see 
> below) and now the height of the scroll windows no longer takes up the 
> whole "action area" of the dialogue box.
>
> License_wnd = gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons("License",
>                                              NULL,
>                                              GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,
>                                              GTK_STOCK_OK,
>                                              GTK_RESPONSE_NONE,
>                                              NULL);
>   gtk_widget_set_size_request(License_wnd,640,420);
>   gtk_window_set_resizable(GTK_WINDOW(License_wnd),FALSE);
>   gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(License_wnd),GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
>
>   License_wnd_scroll = gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL,NULL);
>   content_area = gtk_dialog_get_content_area(GTK_DIALOG(License_wnd));
>   gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(content_area),License_wnd_scroll);
>
> Should I be setting an additonal property now to make the scroll 
> window fill up the "action area"?
>
> Richard.
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