Re: [gtk-list] Problems with the vadj of a text widget

[Vlad Harchev <hvv hippo ru>]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Jeff Shipman wrote:

> I'm using the following code to insert text into a text widget which
> holds a log. The only problem I'm having is making it so the vertical
> scrollbar follows the text all the way at the bottom. The text widget is
> not editable so I think that's why it's not following it automatically.
> I'm using the following code to insert text and try to keep my
> adjustment bar all the way at the bottom, but unfortunately it doesn't
> quite hit the bottom. It scrolling all of the text, but there's always
> an extra blank line at the bottom so the scrollbar doesn't go down all
> the way. Did I explain that well enough? Anyway, what could I do to
> ensure that the vertical scrollbar will always be at the bottom? Thanks.
> 
>    gtk_text_freeze(GTK_TEXT(log));
>    gtk_text_insert(GTK_TEXT(log), NULL, &color, NULL, message, -1);
>    gtk_text_set_point(GTK_TEXT(log),
> gtk_text_get_length(GTK_TEXT(log)));
>    gtk_adjustment_set_value(GTK_TEXT(log)->vadj,
> GTK_TEXT(log)->vadj->upper);
>    gtk_text_thaw(GTK_TEXT(log));

  Just a suggestion: does your text end with newline ('\n')? Could you try 
 to insert text without '\n' at the end?

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 Best regards,
  -Vlad