Re: [gtk-list] Re: RE:menu bar justification ?

[Shawn T Amundson <amundson cs umn edu>]

On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Raph Levien wrote:

> > If you can add arbitrary widgets onto the menu bar, couldn't you add a
> > blank label set to be as wide as possible just to the left of the Help
> > menu? This ought to push the Help menu off to the far right, right
> > justifying it. Can you do this in gtk?
> 
> Nope. Gtk's size negotiation doesn't include the concept of glue. Some 
> other toolkits, such as Fresco, do.

gtkbox.h have expand and fill attributes.  Wouldn't that do what you are
looking for?  Of course, that only applies to box children.  I haven't
looked enough at the menu stuff to figure out if that is helpful.  Probably
not.

This is another thing that should apply to all widgets.  (fill, expand)
I assume this would be a difficult change?

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