Re: Odd bug with TreeView column size

[Daniel Kasak <dkasak nusconsulting com au>]

Kenneth Swanson wrote:

> Hey all.  I've been seeing a strange little bug that I'm not sure how to
> debug, so I hoped some people on the list could help me out.
>
> I'm attaching sample code, but the basic issue is this:  the app has a
> button that fills a ListStore with data.  For certain sets of data--I'm
> not sure of the exact requirements, but the one provided does it for
> me--the TreeView will expand horizontally to handle the increased size
> necessary for the data, but some of the columns won't be filled
> correctly-at first.  In this case, the 'Result' column, which should
> hold 'failed' for the visible lines, instead holds a snippet of the text
> in the 'Date Scheduled'.  However, this fixes itself if you mouse-over
> each row, or if you put the window behind another and then bring it to
> the front.  After that, it doesn't seem to be a problem for the
> remainder of the program.
>   

I saw this bug with earlier versions of gtk. I still have some systems
with gtk+-2.6.9 ( some stubborn Windows systems ) that behave like this.
I'm pretty sure that it was fixed around gtk+-2.6.11, as my less
stubborn Windows systems don't have this problem.

On my desktop ( running gtk+-2.8.20 ) runs your script with no rendering
issues.

Also, a small plug for my own gtk2-perl projects: check out
Gtk2::Ex::DBI and Gtk2::Ex::Datasheet::DBI at
http://entropy.homelinux.org/axis_not_evil if you have to make data
entry / display forms for data in a database ... which it looks like
you're doing by the looks of the script you posted.

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