Re: GEP 6: Toolbar

[Daniel Egger <degger rz fh-muenchen de>]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:40:48AM +0800, James Henstridge wrote:

> Problem with this is that GTK+ doesn't handle the height-for-width style 
> geometry management (ie. make the widget taller as you reduce its width, 
> or vice versa).

Can a toolbar receive sizing events? If so it should be possible to
recalc the needed size and reformat the toolbar accordingly.

> On this particular issue, I think there is value in providing a UI that 
> is consistent with what Windows, OS X and Qt do.

I don't believe in the "others do it this way so it must be great" philosophy.
In MacOSX it's not a good feature either but generally no problem because
most toolbars can be customized. However this *is* a problem with GNOME right
now because almost none can; ever tried a German ggv? There are not many 
screen which will fit some localized applications.

--
Servus,
       Daniel