Re: Scrolling a GtkTreeview cell

[Kian Karas <kian karas dev gmail com>]

You're right that it is possible to add a horizontal scroll bar.
I just don't have that option (design choice). Hence, my question was
centered about scrolling one cell.

This is for an embedded device with a 4.5" screen, a few navigation
buttons, and no mouse.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:15 AM, infirit <infirit gmail com> wrote:

> Op 01/22/2018 om 12:03 PM schreef Kian Karas:
> > I have a GtkTreeview with size constraints, which causes the text of one
> > particular column in one particular row not to fit into its cell.
>
> If I remember correctly a GtkTreeView is scrollable so it will add
> scrollbars when it has grown larger than its parent widget/window.
>
> > Is there a way for the user to scroll the content of a specific cell
> (i.e.
> > a specific column in the current highlighted row) - e.g. with the
> keyboard
> > arrow keys, when the GtkTreeview has focus?
>
> If I understand correctly you force the TreeView to be a specific size.
> I would try to drop that limitation and force the size on the parent
> instead and let the TreeView add scrollbars when needed.
>
> ~infirit
>
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