Re: Cell size

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 08:36 +0100, Glus Xof wrote:
> 2011/3/22 Glus Xof <gtglus gmail com>:
> > In my app, a Gtk::TreeView is included in a Gtk::ScrolledWindow...
> >
> > In a precedent message, I asked for the cell wrapping method... but
> > right now, I cannot see the method to set the "property_wrap_width()"
> > according the Gtk::ScrolledWindow width.
> >
> > (The concerned cells are the last column ones... so, resize when the
> > app main window resize too).
> 
> I know that it's not always easy to explain the things...
> 
> In my app, I have a
> 
> 	Gtk::TreeView m_treeview
> 
> with these columns,
> 
> 	m_treeview.append_column (" Id. ", m_columns.v_tid);
> 	m_treeview.append_column_editable ("Sel.", m_columns.v_sel);
> 	m_treeview.append_column ("First", m_columns.v_fst);
> 	m_treeview.append_column ("Second", m_columns.v_sed);
> 	m_treeview.append_column ("Third", m_columns.v_thb);
> 	m_treeview.append_column ("Value", m_columns.v_val);
>
> The idea, like it's yet doing, is to limit the width of the first
> columns, but the last one should take all the space available. That
> I'm trying here, with these column cells, is to adjust the text along
> of the *visible* free space... and cut lines when longer.

The TreeView generally expands only the last column anyway.

> Maybe, because this TreeView is inserted in a Gtk::ScrolledWindow, to
> set this width becomes more difficult... and here a scroll bar
> appears, just that I'm trying to avoid. I'd like to see only the
> vertical one.

You can prevent a horizontal scrollbar by setting the scroll policy:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtkmm/unstable/classGtk_1_1ScrolledWindow.html#a17352bdfd39d8a895e5c885f0bd1a246

Isn't this the real issue?

> Moreover, when the Main Window resize, the ScrolledWindow resize too,
> and the text should refit.
> 
> Is there a way to manage it ?

-- 
murrayc murrayc com
www.murrayc.com
www.openismus.com