Re: resizing children of paned

[Owen Taylor <otaylor gtk org>]

Todd Dukes <tdukes@ibmoto.com> writes:

> I am using a vertical paned window to show two widgets.
> The widget on the left is a tree. When the paned window first
> comes up the left widget is squished. How can I set the position
> of the sash in the paned window. I see child1_size in the _GtkPaned
> structure but setting it before showing the widget doesn't seem to work.
> 
> I also see handle_xpos but it doesn;t seem to do anything either.
> 
> Is there a standard method for doing this?

What you probably want to do is call gtk_widget_set_usize() on
the left hand widget to establish an initial default size.

(You can specify just the width and not the height by passing
a height of -1)

There is currently no way to change the division under program
control; that could be added, but I suspect in your case,
gtk_widget_set_usize() is closer to what you want anyways.

Regards,
                                        Owen