Re: Newbie text widget question

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Vicki Stanfield <vicki dialupnet com> writes: 
> Actually I am trying to create a window with some static text in addition to
> some other widgets. Am I supposed to use a text widget for this or a label
> widget? Since the text is static, sizing should not be a problem.
>

If it's just some fixed-size text with no scrollbars, I would think a
label is fine. You may want to set justification to GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT
to make it look nice.

The text widget isn't going to conveniently support non-scrollbar
operation, it's designed to hold larger amounts of text.

Havoc