Re: Adding a Frame to a HBox

[Marco <mscholtn xs4all nl>]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:31:47 -0600, Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com> wrote:

> Marco Scholten wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <mail gehli com>
> > To: <jalqadir netscape net>; <gtkmm-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: Adding a Frame to a HBox
> >
> >
> > > you have to use the pack_start or pack_end function described in the  
> > > Gtk::Box reference, to add a frame to a box...
> >
> >
> > Not necessarily, from Gtk::Box reference:
> >
> > Because Gtk::Box is a Gtk::Container, you may also use  
> > Gtk::Container::add() to insert widgets, and they will be packed as if  
> > with pack_start(). Use Gtk::Container::remove() to remove widgets.
> >
> > source:  
> > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Box.html  
> >
> >
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> If you use the "add" method, then you can add no further objects to the  
> hbox container.  This is why you want to use pack_start or pack_end. Bob  
> Caryl

Since this contradicts what the documentation says i decided to try it,
I tried to pack several widgets into a VBox using the "add" method and
it works exactly like using pack_start, i can "add" more than one widget
without any problem.

Just to be sure i checked the gtk+ source and it turns out that add simply
calls pack_start

static void
gtk_box_add (GtkContainer *container,
	     GtkWidget    *widget)
{
  gtk_box_pack_start_defaults (GTK_BOX (container), widget);
}

Why do you think "add" is limited to one widget?

--
Marco