Re: Label with fixed size

[rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>]

Ok, I found how to fix this problem: overriding the 
"get_preferred_width" method in a label to set it to the desired width. 
Et voila!

Thanks anyway!

El 29/08/14 a las #4, rastersoft escribió:
> Hi!
>
> Well, it *nearly* worked: the label is cut as expected, but the fixed 
> itself gets expanded, so I end with a Gtk.Fixed as big as would be the 
> label "as is", with a cut label inside...
>
> Is it possible to also avoid the Gtk.Fixed to be resized?
>
> El 29/08/14 a las #4, Stefan Salewski escribió:
> > On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 18:14 +0200, rastersoft wrote:
> > > Hi all:
> > >
> > > I need to create a label with a fixed size in pixels, and if the 
> > > text is
> > > too large, elipsize it. Is it possible? I tried nearly all kind of ways
> > > and tricks (even capturing the size-allocate signal and adjust there 
> > > the
> > > maximum-character property until the size is fine), but can't get it.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > When you REALLY need this, you may try the GTK Fixed container.
> > It allows to position widgets at absolute positions, and at the same
> > time, it prevents widgets from expanding itself.
> >
> > Try the Ruby code below -- for me it always displays "Not a..." even
> > when I resize the main window. Of course you may read the documentation
> > of the Fixed container.
> >
> > require 'gtk3'
> >
> > window = Gtk::Window.new
> > window.border_width = 10
> > window.set_default_size(80, -1)
> >
> > window.signal_connect("destroy") {Gtk.main_quit}
> >
> > f = Gtk::Fixed.new
> > l = Gtk::Label.new('Not a long text')
> > l.set_size_request(50, -1)
> > l.ellipsize = Pango::ELLIPSIZE_END
> >
> > #f.put(l, 0, 0)
> > f.add(l)
> >
> > window.add(f)
> > window.show_all
> >
> > Gtk.main

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