Re: widget sizing and alignment

[Jaap Karssenberg <j g karssenberg student utwente nl>]

Dirk Koopman wrote:
> Not all the size requests are being honoured. Specifically the button
> called 'book_on'. As you can see its width has been expanded even though
> the vbox is created $vbox->new(0, 0) the packing call is
> $vbox->pack_start($button, 0, 0, 10). I don't want the button that big.
> Any suggestions?
>   

You pack the button in a VBox, that means that all you specify about 
expanding and filling only applies to the vertical direction. Objects in 
a vbox always get the maximum horizontal space. You need to wrap the 
button in a HBox or even a HButtonBox to make it look better.

I must say that the XML you use looks very clean and readable.

-- Jaap <pardus cpan org>