Re: Odd bug with TreeView column size

[Kenneth Swanson <kswanson watson wustl edu>]

On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 08:24 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> 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.

That would make a lot of sense.  I'm running off 2.6.4 here...

> 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.

I've heard you mention them once or twice but haven't checked them out,
but that might be a good idea.  You're right, this is a displayer for
database information.  It was originally written in Gtk, so I just did a
straight port over.

-Ken
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Kenneth Swanson <kswanson watson wustl edu>