Re: Wrapping gtk2:buttons

[Chris Debenham <chris adebenham com>]

2009/6/11 Kevin Ryde <user42 zip com au>:
> Chris Debenham <chris adebenham com> writes:
> > 2009/6/10 Grant McLean <grant mclean net nz>:
> > > * the Gtk::TextView ...
> >
> > Ugly - but may work
>
> You might check if it will flow them automatically, I suspect they might
> end up in one wide line.

Perhaps if I put a space character between each?

> > > * the Gtk::Layout ...
> >
> > This would get complicated/slow as it has to be done for up to 150
> > buttons (for chapters with lots of verses)
>
> A custom container widget might be the way to go. ÂIt could be much
> easier than wrestling with cell layout/view/renderer/editable/whatnot.
>
> A "flowed-hbox" seems like a reasonable concept. ÂIn one of my dialogs
> I've got a set of parameter entry boxes or check buttons and if there's
> a lot I could see them flowed instead of scrolled.

How would I go about this?



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