RE: [gtk-list] scrolled_window fails to show horizontal scrollba

[Evan Lawrence <evan worldpath net>]

The current text widget doesn't support horizontal scrolling, so this behavior
makes perfect sense. Just another reason why the text widget needs to be / is
being rewritten :)

On 21-Feb-99 Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> I tried to use the new 1.1 feature that GtkText objects automatically
> become scrollable when placed in a GtkScrolledWindow container -- and, 
> indeed, for vertical scrollbars, it works as advertised.  However, no
> matter what I do, I cannot get the horizontal scrollbar to work.
> 
> Specifically, with the default policy, the horizontal scrollbar is
> always there, but it doesn't do anything.  With the "AUTOMATIC"
> policy, the horizontal scrollbar is never shown.  I set line wrap to
> false, so the scrollbar should appear.  This is gtk+-1.1.16.
> 
> I wonder if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong.  Here is a
> test program that fails to work as expected:
> 
>#include <gtk/gtk.h>
> 
> int
> main (int argc, char **argv)
> {
>   GtkWidget *window;
>   GtkWidget *scrolled;
>   GtkWidget *text;
> 
>   gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
> 
>   window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
> 
>   scrolled = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
>   gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled),
>                                 GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC,
>                                 GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
>   gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), scrolled);
> 
>   text = gtk_text_new (NULL, NULL);
>   gtk_text_set_editable (GTK_TEXT (text), 1);
>   gtk_text_set_line_wrap (GTK_TEXT (text), 0);
>   gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled), text);
> 
>   gtk_widget_show_all (window);
> 
>   gtk_main ();
>   return 0;
> }
> 
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Evan Lawrence