Re: [gtk-list] How to set textbox size?

[Paul Barton-Davis <pbd op net>]

In message <37618302.4DB5BC3C@virginia.edu>you write:
>Hello again,
>
>I'd really like to have something like a spinbox, but with an attached
>slider.  I've tried connecting a scale widget to some callbacks which
>will update a text entry box, but the box is too wide!  How can I
>configure the width of the box.  Function
>gtk_entry_new_with_max_length(gint) only allows me to limit the size of
>the data in the text entry.
>
>Thanks all,

You could use this, and make sure you put the entry box in a container
without any expand options.

--p

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    Copyright (C) 1998-99 Paul Barton-Davis
 
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    $Id: gdkutils.c,v 1.2 1999/05/26 04:22:17 pbd Exp $
*/

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

	 /* excerpted ... */

void
gtk_widget_set_usize_to_display_given_text (GtkWidget *w,
					    const gchar *text,
					    guint hpadding,
					    guint vpadding)

{
	guint width;
	guint lbearing;
	guint rbearing;
	guint ascent;
	guint descent;
	
	gdk_string_extents (w->style->font,
			    text,
			    &lbearing,
			    &rbearing,
			    &width,
			    &ascent,
			    &descent);

	gtk_widget_set_usize (w, width+hpadding, ascent+descent+vpadding);
}