Re: splitting an App between Glade files?

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

Hi;

instead of creating a huge GtkBuilder UI definition file with the
whole of your application, why not break it up into composite widgets,
each with its own class and its own template file, like this:
https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkWidget.html#id-1.3.19.2.13.6

Using templates and composite widgets allows you to keep the UI
definition small, and the business logic constrained into a single
widget class. It also allows you easily swap out parts of the UI when
needed.

Ciao,
 Emmanuele.



On 10 March 2015 at 16:52, Patrick <patrick spellingbeewinnars org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> I have tinkered with Glade in the past and I "felt" that this wasn't going
> to be easier for me. It "seemed" like a single Glade file would grow too
> cumbersome so I never gave it a real try. So of course this is "felt" and
> "seemed" not fact.
>
> I haven't personally found examples of people using multiple Glade files for
> one application, is this possible?
>
> I can't start adding widgets to a second Glade file without creating a top
> level window. I do have the option to change the window type to popup, but I
> don't know how to pack it into the top level window of the first Glade file
> or if a popup can even be fully contained in another window.
>
> Alternatively is there a way to work with multiple sub windows without
> having them stacked over each other in Glade?
>
> I guess my main concern is that I would like the central portion of my GUI
> to have multiple features and I am concerned that Glade will become
> confusing. I was thinking that if I hand coded them separately, the code
> would be easier to manage then the Glade file.
>
> Is it also possible to define widgets within a top level window but to
> ignore that toplevel window and that top level widgets into another widget
> instead, such as a notebook, contained in another Glade file? I Understand I
> would have to hand code this part.
>
> Also I am using an unpopular language and trying to interface it with C.
> Does it seem like a good idea to create a Gtk binding that was complete
> minus what Glade supports? Seems like it would be a lot less work and would
> avoid redundancy.
>
> Thanks for reading-Patrick
>
>
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