[gtkmm] Re: tables and rows

[Olexiy Avramchenko <ath beast stu cn ua>]

Nabil Sayegh wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I need to display a table where each row has the same elements.
> Actually a vbox containing n hboxes would be easy to build and
> intuitive. But I want the 'cells' to be aligned like in a real table.
>
> What do you think is more elegant / less effort ?
>
> 1) vbox with hboxes
> drawback: manually taking care of the alignments
> benefit:  could write a class for the rows making is
>
> 2) table
> drawback: adding rows more complicated
> benefit:  everything is aligned automatically
Try to use GtkTable unless you have to implement something very
special. GtkTable is usefull one and you'll keep it in your the gtk so/dll
for sure, so why not to use it ?

> BTW: Is it possible to hide some columns of a table ?
Yep, if you hide all widgets (gtk_widget_hide()) in the column :)

Olexiy