Re: Re: Editable Label Widget

["ANDREW JAMES KRAUSE" <ajk265 psu edu>]

Ok, GtkTextView would work if I had only one of these. However,
I have
possibly hundreds of these in one application. That is just
way too much
overhead.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 08:19:32 +0200  Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema  wrote:
> 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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Andrew Krause
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www.andrewkrause.net