Re: some things in GTK+ 2.7.5

[Soeren Sandmann <sandmann daimi au dk>]

Benoit Carpentier <gtkool_2kx yahoo fr> writes:

> lines 199 to 209 :
> 
>   if (GTK_WIDGET_MAPPED (widget) &&
> 	  paned->child1->allocation.height <
> child1_allocation.height)
> 	{
> 	  gtk_widget_size_allocate (paned->child2,
> &child2_allocation);
> 	  gtk_widget_size_allocate (paned->child1,
> &child1_allocation);
> 	}
>       else
> 	{
> 	  gtk_widget_size_allocate (paned->child1,
> &child1_allocation);
> 	  gtk_widget_size_allocate (paned->child2,
> &child2_allocation);
> 	}
> 
> why is the order of allocating paned->child1 and
> paned->child2 important here ?

Because if the child widgets have windows, then allocating them in the
other order would make the windows overlap briefly, which causes
unnecessary flicker and repainting.


Søren