Re: Controlling resizing....

[Lindley M French <lfrench1 gmu edu>]

That's not quite right. It does appear to do something, but the window snaps back to its full size immediately. I also tried gtk_widget_set_size_request(1,1), but that merely made the window stop auto-growing when more space was needed.

It appears that collapsing an expander does nothing to change the expander's contribution to the size request. *That* is what I'd like to change if I can.

----- Original Message -----
From: richard boaz <ivor boaz gmail com>
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:45 am
Subject: Re: Controlling resizing....

> you might try gtk_window_resize() on the toplevel window, 
> specifying 1 for
> both width and height, which will make it as small as possible as 
> defined by
> the window's contents.
> 
> richard
> 
> On Feb 13, 2008 5:39 PM, Lindley M French <lfrench1 gmu edu> wrote:
> 
> > Whoops, I was using gtk_container_add for the menu rather than
> > gtk_box_pack_start. That'd do it!
> >
> > Still curious about how to make the top-level window shrink when 
> space is
> > no longer needed. It expands just fine....
> >
> > I know it may not be an ideal approach, and if I had time I'd 
> explore> other options, but I don't.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: richard boaz <ivor boaz gmail com>
> > Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:20 am
> > Subject: Re: Controlling resizing....
> >
> > > play with the various options to gtk_box_pack_start(), or
> > > whichever you use
> > > in the family.
> > >
> > > these control how children behave when other children appear and
> > > disappear.
> > > having the uppermost window/container shrink and expand is bad
> > > form, this
> > > should be left to the user to decide.  though that said, each
> > > problem is
> > > unique and requires its own solution.  (not sure if this is 
> what you
> > > meant/intend anyway, just thought i'd throw it in.)
> > >
> > > richard
> > >
> > > On Feb 13, 2008 5:07 PM, Lindley M French <lfrench1 gmu edu> 
> wrote:> >
> > > > A couple of questions.....
> > > >
> > > > I have a GtkExpander containing a fairly large child. I have a
> > > GtkMenuBar> above the expander (positionally, not hierarchically),
> > > and a GtkTreeView
> > > > below it.
> > > >
> > > > Ideally, I'd like the behavior to be the following:
> > > >
> > > > When the expander is collapsed, the GtkTreeView should jump
> > > higher on the
> > > > screen (to the extent possible given the widgets still existing
> > > in the same
> > > > hbox as the expander), and anything to the right of the expander
> > > (including> the edge of the top-level window) should jump 
> leftwards.> > >
> > > > What actually happens:
> > > >
> > > > The GtkTreeView stays right where it is, and the GtkMenuBar 
> suddenly> > > becomes vertically enormous. While widgets to the 
> right of the
> > > expander do
> > > > move left, the size of the top-level window does not shrink,
> > > leaving a big
> > > > empty area on the right.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas how I can fix this?
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