> <crypto_stonelock@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I use a bunch of GtkLists to create arrow browsable menus. > > I'm sorry, but what are ``arrow browsable menus''? > > > Some are labels, some editable entries. I'm currently porting an old > > DOS program, written in 88, to Windows. > > Ouch. :-) Hehe, ouch indeed. Its actually very well programmed so its not so bad to transpose from QuickBasic to C. Whats taking me along time is designing the graphical interface using GTK+. > > One of the menu's in this old program is horizontal for many different > > reasons (one of em being that it doesn't look good vertical), and so I > > was hoping to keep the spirit of the horizontal menu going :). > > I'd be interested to hear more about this, as I can't quite imagine how > these ``horizontal menus'' look. I assume the're not like like ordinary > menus, since you're not using an ordinary horizontal menu bar. Could > you perhaps show a screenshot, or maybe an ASCII-art rendering? Hmmm, i'm not sure if its possible to send images on the mailing list, i'll give it a shot :). Its exactly like a regular vertical arrow browsable menu ( moving to the desired selection with arrowkeys ) except the menu is horizontal :). > > Any idea on how I could accomplish this? > > First of all, note that GtkList is deprecated in favor of GtkTreeView, > meaning that the former should not be used in newly written code. > Unfortunately, GtkTreeView does not support horizontal orientation > either, so this doesn't help you with your problem. > > I'm sorry that I don't know enough about GTK+ to be able to recommend a > solution, but I suppose you could try either subclassing GtkListView, or > creating your own widget based on it. I haven't looked into it myself, > but it appears swapping x and y -- horizontal and vertical -- throughout > the code for GtkListView should not be that hard. It probably isn't too hard but i'm a little short on time trying to finish the project so I don't think i'll be able to spend any time figuring it out. I was hoping for an out of the box solution. > > ps: how do you keep posting in the same thread? I tried answering to > > your email but it didn't work. > > It did work, in the sense that I got your mail. I'm sorry I didn't > answer until now. > > To reply to the list, use your e-mail client's ``reply to group'', or > ``reply to all'' command, as opposed to ``reply to sender''. Ah! Thank you much :). Cheers, Crypto _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
