Re: Invisible GtkImage

[Kip Warner <kip thevertigo com>]

> For a vertically orientated GtkBox, the 'expand' field in pack_start
> is going to be vertical expansion, so you are not going to want that.
> Instead set the GtkBox.set_hexpand(true) (and
> GtkBox.set_halign(GTK_ALIGN_FILL)), but definitely do pack children
> with Fill=True.
> Make sure both the GtkAspectFrame and the GtkDrawingArea are set to
> both set_halign(GTK_ALIGN_FILL) and set_valign(GTK_ALIGN_FILL).
>
> That means the aspect frame will receive the extra width, and its
> internal ratio keeping will make its implementation of
> get_requested_height_for_width() request enough height for your image
> to expand properly.
>
> Its all a problem of packing with expand & fill at this point. Just
> think about how you want the toolkit to work and make sure each
> component in the hierarchy is doing the right thing.

Hey Andrew. Thanks for the help. I've almost got it working after I took
your advise, but the image is still taking up too much room in the
vertical GtkBox above and below it. See all the extra space above and
below it I'd like collapsed:

        <http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/box36.php>

Here is my code:

        <http://pastebin.com/mtVNsPrb>

Thanks a lot,

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