RE: Widget Alignment

["Ratcliffe, Jeffrey (Peters)" <Jeffrey Ratcliffe External eads com>]

> You've packed everything with "expand" and "fill" true, which means that
> the
> available space is divided up among the widgets whether they need it or
> not.
>
> For the "Device" and "Paper Size" labels, their internal alignment is
> centered, so the excess space is spread on either side, resulting in the
> left
> edges not aligning.

Thanks, yes I understand that better now.

> The problem with the radiobuttons is essentially the same.

Limiting myself to packing options, I still can't get the radiobuttons to line up.

> *  Explicitly set the internal alignment of the labels for left, like
> "$labeld->set_alignment(0.0, 0.5)".  This doesn't change the amount of
> leftover space, so you may want also to pack the labels with expand and
> fill
> false, but the comboboxes with expand and fill true.

I assume that this is dangerous, because although it might look OK, for instance, in Ubuntu, it might be 
different in Fedora Core. Or don't styles/themes affect things?

> *  Use SizeGroups to ensure things line up.

Would you point me at the documentation for this, please.

> *  Use a Table instead of VBox of HBoxes.

I will have a go at this, too.

Thanks for the help.

Jeff