Re: Boxes in a frame

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

For a bit more in the way of formatting control, you could add a 
Gtk::Table to your frame (inside that first vertical box even) and use 
that as your secondary container.

Bob


jalqadir netscape net wrote:

> I have a class that derives from Gtk::Frame, which arranges its 
> widgets in a vertical way, I need to add three horizontal  boxes to my 
> class, but after using the member function add(widget*....) to add the 
> three boxes and running the program I realize that I don't get the 
> boxes displayed. Here is the snip code.
>  --
> class AddressFrame : virtual public Gtk::Frame{
> private:
>     ...
>     Gtk::HBox* hboxOne;
>     Gtk::HBox* hboxTwo;
>     Gtk::HBox* hboxThree;
>     ...
> };
> Address::Address{
>    try{
>         ...
>         hboxOne         = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::HBox());
>         hboxTwo         = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::HBox());
>         hboxThree       = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::HBox());
>         ...
>   }catch ( std::bad_alloc & x ) {throw;}
>   ...
>   this->add(dynamic_cast<Gtk::Widget&>(*hboxOne));
>   this->add(dynamic_cast<Gtk::Widget&>(*hboxTwo));
>   this->add(dynamic_cast<Gtk::Widget&>(*hboxThree));
>   ...
> }
>  
> I remember reading that when using the add() method one can only add 
> one widget to the container, but after looking for its pack_start() 
> counter part, I realize that this container does not have such member 
> function.
>  
> What can I do to solve this problem?
>  
> TIA
>  
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