RE: 2.4 features - Indenting container

[martyn 2 russell bt com]

> > I'd like to make sure this doesn't slip through the GTK+ 2.4 
> > feature freeze.
> > 
> > I think it's generally agreed now that we need a new 
> > container for right, left, top, and bottom indentation. This 
> > would make it much easier to implement the HIG 
> > recommendations. We could hack this into an existing widget 
> > as a new property I suppose, but it seems much simpler to 
> > create a new container.
> > 
> > I can't find the actual posts in the archive because of the 
> > lousy search engine, but I think that
> > - Havoc suggested the new container widget idea recently.
> > - Andrew Sobala offered to implement it recently.
> > - Alex Duggan (or maybe someone else) gave us a patch for 
> > something similar recently.
>
> 
> So, does any one agree/disagree that this is a good idea?
>

I actually like the idea of this.  Currently if I want to indent something,
I have to play around with padding (with, for example a GtkLabel) or perhaps
GtkFixed.  The disadvantage to this is that it affects the indentation on
multiple sides (i.e. if using a GtkTable as a parent Left and the Right for
the HPadding and the Top and Bottom for VPadding), so a way of doing it for
ONE or more sides appeals to me.

Regards,
Martyn