Re: Editable Label Widget



What about GtkTextView? If it is in 'disabled' state, it will by
default grey out (and look much like a label). If you enable it,
you can edit text with it. This widget will also resize on editing
though, but you can wrap words and add a scrolled window.

--Hans


ANDREW JAMES KRAUSE schreef:
My problem with using a GtkEntry is that I need the label to be
multi-lined. I don't want to use GtkCellView because, when I edit
the text, it will resize the widget. It is possible to have hundreds
of these widgets in a column, so that would be a rendering mess.

I had originally used the idea of switching between a GtkLabel and
GtkEntry. There are a few problems with this. First, you still have the
resizing issues. The user can't see the whole text when it is in a
GtkEntry, so it will be difficult to edit longer texts. Also, you have to
keep two widgets around, which takes more memory.

I had created a very bad implementation of the GtkEditableLabel
widget that just resets the text on user input, but this is obviously
not the optimal solution. Plus, I am looking at creating something
that would be more versitile, and not depend directly on my
specific application.

Anyway, I'm leaning toward just creating a new widget so that I
don't have to deal with the selection info. This will allow me to reuse
some of the EelEditableLabel code. (BTW ... hello Ana!)


On Wed, 16 May 2007 14:39:19 -0700 Ana wrote:

    I think making the GtkEntry look like a label is a good idea, but
    might
    be more work than you'd expect.  It seems that whenever you mess
    with a
    widget's appearance you have to worry about interfering with
    themes.
    Who knows what other issues there might be.

    Another
    idea might be to make a composite object, which subclasses from
    a
    container (GtkBox), and works sort of like a modal editor.  (hehe.
    I'm
    a vi user.)  You display either a GtkLabel or a GtkEntry depending
    on the
    "mode."

    - Ana


    On Wed, May 16, 2007 at
    07:00:10PM +0200, Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema wrote:
    > Why not use a
    GtkEntry and make it look like a GtkLabel?
    > You could also have a look
    at GtkCellView.


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