RE: 2.4 features - Indenting container

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Owen Taylor [mailto:otaylor redhat com] 
> On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 04:22, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > So, does any one agree/disagree that this is a good idea?
> 
> Sorry to be lazy, but can you summarize exactly what "this" is? 

A container for right, left, top, and/or bottom "indentation" or padding.
With one child widget.

Actually this sounds so simple that I might even try to implement it myself
if nobody else does.

> The only API proposal I remember seeing was a proposal for
> a separate container widget that allowed for padding on
> exactly one side of it's child.
> 
> This didn't seem like a great idea to me ... it's a little 
> clunky to have to nest containers if you need padding on two 
> sides, and I don't see a need for a new container type.
> 
> Something like:
> 
>  gtk_alignment_set_padding (left, right, top, bottom)

Yes. Are you suggesting that it should be part of GtkAligment instead of a
new widget?
Actually, that's Gregory Merchan has already implemented:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2002-December/msg00090.html
I think a new widget might be more appropriate, but it doesn't bother me
greatly as long as we have one or the other.

> (Corresponding to four separate properties) would seem 
> better to me.

Yes, that's what I meant. I guess the name "indenting" wouldn't be so good.

Murray Cumming
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