Re: Entry box sizes

[Paul Davis <pbd Op Net>]

>    Is it possible to force entry boxes to be a set number of charaters
>wide on the screen. I've had problems with the screen size of a table
>because of the entry boxes it contains.

yawn.

/*
    Copyright (C) 1998-99 Paul Barton-Davis
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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    $Id: gtkutils.c,v 1.1 1999/11/29 18:38:11 pbd Exp $
*/

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

void
gtk_widget_set_usize_to_display_given_text (GtkWidget *w,
					    const gchar *text,
					    gint hpadding,
					    gint 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);
}