Re: GtkCellRendererText wrap with ellipsize and sizing

[Wesley Smith <wesley hoke gmail com>]

That's a great idea!  Lucky for me the text is static and short so
such expensive calculations won't be a big deal.
best,
wes

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Piñeiro<apinheiro igalia com> wrote:
> From: Wesley Smith <wesley hoke gmail com>
>
>> Is there a way to have both wrapping and ellipses when rendering a
>> GtkCellRendererText?  I want the cell to wrap the text for up to 2
>> lines and afterward show ellipses.  Also, how can I get a callback
>> when the GtkCellRendererText is resized in order to properly adapt the
>> GtkCellRendererText wrap-width attribute?
>
> One way is set the ellipsize mode and just add a newline character on
> your text (ie: '\n'). The problem with this solution is that you need
> to compute the break point to do that.
>
> Also, with this solution you don't need of take care of the wrap-width
> attribute, as you are the one wrapping the line.
>
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> API (apinheiro igalia com)
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