Re: Alignment of labels in table

[Peter Daum <gator_ml yahoo de>]

muppet wrote:

[...]
> So, the trick is to make sure that the label, which is set to align  to 
> the left, is allocated all the space of the place where you want  it to 
> go.  In Gtk2::Table's packing terms, that means the x options  must 
> contain "fill", which means "the child should be allocated all  the 
> space of the cell, or, should fill the cell".  You specified  "shrink", 
> which allocates the child exactly as much space as it asked  for, and 
> therefore your alignment settings are ignored.

Thanks a lot - now it works as intended!

Still, I am a little confused. Does this mean, that packed with 'shrink',
the label does not even get a whole table cell, but only the center
portion, with space to the left and to the right within the cell left
unallocated?

Regards,
               Peter Daum