Re: [gtk-list] width of empty space besides scrollbars

[Ivan Jager <ivanjager bigfoot com>]

That is just what I want to do in my theme engine. I want there to be
only one pixel instead of two. The Metal theme makes it so that the
trough is just as wide as the slider and arrows, but I want one pixel
differrence. I found that I could draw the trough smaller than I am
asked to so that it looks better, but it is not the *right* way to do
it.
How can I make the trough have one pixel more on each side than the
slider and arrows?

Andy Tai wrote:
> 
> Hi, sorry if this is a stupid question, but is it possible to change the default
> width of the empty space between scrollbars and the scrolling area?  It seems
> this width does not change according to different themes.   The original gtk
> look was modeled after Motif 1.x but in Motif 2.0 the empty space besides
> scrollbars have gone away (or greatly reduced),  The empty space serves no
> useful purpose (other than as a wide separator), looks ugly and wastes space.
> It creates  inconsistency between gtk applications, some of which eliminated
> the empty space already (just compare Gnumeric and GMC).  Maybe the gtk
> maintainers can consider eliminating the empty space by default?
> 
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