Re: alignment oddity

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Nils Philippsen <nils@wombat.dialup.fht-esslingen.de> writes:

> Hi.
> 
> Can someone please tell me why the following doesn't work (or better: how
> I get it working):
> 
>     label = gtk_label_new (_("New:"));
>     gtk_misc_set_alignment (GTK_MISC (label), 0.0, 0.5);
>     gtk_table_attach (GTK_TABLE (table), label, 0, 1, 0, 1,
> 		      0, 0, 0, 0);

Try
     gtk_table_attach (GTK_TABLE (table), label, 0, 1, 0, 1,
 		      GTK_FILL, 0, 0, 0);

Without the GTK_FILL flag, the label's allocation will only
be what it requested, and the allocation will be centered
in the cell of the table. 

The gtk_misc_set_alignment call will only have an effect
if the allocation is bigger than the requisition.

(Would anybody like to write up a FAQ entry on aligning
labels?)

Regards,
                                        Owen