Re: vertical size of buttons

[John McDermott <jjm jkintl com>]

Hi,
The buttons fill the box because that is the default behavior (there has
to be one).  If you want to change their size, use set_usize like this:
$DataBaseButton->set_usize(100,50); # args are x,y

HTH
--john

> Subject: vertical size of buttons
> From: Peter Jay Salzman <p dirac org>
>
> hello all,
>
> for some reason, my buttons are deciding to fill up their containing
> hbox in the vertical direction.
>
> i use the following routine to make buttons next to text entry widgets:
>
>   $MainHBox->pack_start($LeftMainVBox, $false, $false, 0);
>   ...
>   $tmpHBox = new Gtk::HBox($false, 0);
>   my $DataBaseEntry = new Gtk::Entry();
>   FramePacker($DataBaseEntry, "Database", $tmpHBox);
>   my $DataBaseButton = MakeButton("Database", $tmpHBox, "DataBaseClick");
>   $LeftMainVBox->pack_start($tmpHBox, $false, $false, 0);
>
>   sub MakeButton {
>      my ($label, $PackingBox, $callback) = @_;
>      my $widget = new Gtk::Button($label);
>      $widget->signal_connect("clicked", $callback);
>      $PackingBox->pack_start($widget, $true, $false, 1);
>      return $widget;
>   }
>
>   sub FramePacker {
>      my $widget = shift;
>      my $label = shift;
>      my $packingbox = shift;
>      my $frame = new Gtk::Frame($label);
>      $frame->add($widget);
>      $packingbox->pack_start($frame, $true, $true, 0);
>   }
>
> the buttons themselves fill the entire hbox that i pack them into.  so
> an hbox that contains a text entry and a button looks like:
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------
>         | -----------------------------------      -----------   |
>         | |                                 |      |         |   |
>         | |   Text Entry                    |      |Click Me |   |
>         | |                                 |      |         |   |
>         | -----------------------------------      -----------   |
>    ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> and (you have to take my word for it) it looks very unnatural.  what i
> *want* to happen is:
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------
>         | -----------------------------------                    |
>         | |                                 |      -----------   |
>         | |   Text Entry                    |      |Click Me |   |
>         | |                                 |      -----------   |
>         | -----------------------------------                    |
>    ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> can someone explain why the buttons are deciding to fill up the hbox in
> the vertical direction?


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