Re: GtkPaned (was Re: Patch to GtkPaned.)

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Oskar Liljeblad <osk hem passagen se> writes:
> 
> Speaking about the GtkPaned widget... It would be nice if one
> could use the whole bar to drag, not just the knob. (Similar
> to panning bars in Windoze.) This would make it possible to
> use a smaller bar (say 4-6 pixels wide/high). Has this been
> considiered, done already, or is it a theme issue?
> 

It's already done. It is themeable, yes.

> Another thing (which is probably extremely hard to implement
> right now) is that while the bar is N pixels wide/high
> visually, it should still be possible to drag the bar by
> clicking within N+2 (or even N+4) pixels. Like an invisible
> (but sensible) border around the bar.
> 
>        Clickable  Area
> ------+---+-------+---+-----
>       |   |<.....>|   |
>       |   |<.....>|   |
>       |   |<.....>|   |
> --------+ |<.....>|   |
> Button  | |<.....>|   |
>         | |<.....>|   |
>         | |<.....>|   |
>         | |<.....>|   |
>         | |<.....>|   |
> --------+ |<.....>|   |
>       |   |<.....>|   |
> ------+---+-------+---+-----
>           VisualBar
> 
> As this picture shows, the clickable area surrounds the visual portion
> of the bar. A button overlaps part of the clickable area.
> (In this case, the button's clickable area would be considered above
> the clickable area of the bar.)
> 

This is easy to implement, though I'm not sure it's right - why not
just make the bar wider visually, if it's too narrow to hit? Clicking
on what's visually part of the button shouldn't drag the bar.

Havoc