Re: [gtk-list] Re: [dreed@capital.edu: size of entry and combos]

[Dave Reed <dreed capital edu>]

> On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Dave Reed wrote:
> > 
> > I was hoping to avoid set_usize because of the screen problem - I was
> > hoping there was something along the Motif lines (5 years ago I
> > programmed in Motif) of specifying that the first one took up 10% of
> > the space, the next 20%, etc.  Can this be done?
> > 
> 
> No, not that I can think of. It might be a nice container type to have
> though, shouldn't be especially hard to write. (GtkPercentBox?) Looks to
> me like most of the GtkBox/GtkHBox widget code is fooling with
> expand/fill, homegeneity, blah blah that wouldn't be an issue with
> GtkPercentBox/GtkHPercentBox/GtkVPercentBox, it's probably a real quick
> widget to write, mostly typing work. Could even be worth folding into Gtk. 
> 
> Havoc

I've never written a widget, but after I get my projection done, I may
look into it.

Thanks for the info.

Dave