Re: Howto set horiz space/padding between vbox and statusbar?

[Chris Moller <moller mollerware com>]

Kinda guessing--I've never used it--but maybe try setting the child 
margin-start property?


On 12/08/15 00:13, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
>
>   I have been pulling my hair out trying to tweak the padding between 
> a GtkVBox and a GtkStatusbar. I have the following main window layout:
>
>   main window
>       vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
>           menubar
>           scrolled-window
>               textview
>           statusbar
>
> The problem is the scrolled-window and textview widgets provide a nice 
> 10 pixel border created with:
>
>     gtk_text_view_set_left_margin (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (app->view), 5);
>     ...
>     gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), 5);
>
> The statusbar however, is positioned snugly against the left border of 
> the main window and vbox at the bottom. I would like to move the 
> statusbar display to the right (pad it on the left) by 10 pixels to 
> match the textview.
>
> I have tried adjusting the padding with the following:
>
>     /* create/pack statusbar at end */
>     app->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new ();
>
>     gboolean expand = 0;
>     gboolean fill = 0;
>     guint pad = 0;
>     GtkPackType packtype = 0;
>
>     gtk_box_query_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, 
> &expand, &fill, &pad, &packtype);
>     pad += 10;
>     gtk_box_set_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, expand, 
> fill, pad, packtype);
>
>     status_set_default (app);
>     gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
>
> However, there is no change in the statusbar display. What say the 
> experts? What part of the object hierarchy am I missing/screwing up? 
> Thanks.
>
> p.s. sorry if you get 2 copies, the first went to the 'requests' list 
> by mistake.