On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 08:19:17AM -0500, Owen Taylor wrote: ... > > GtkAlignment is all about the amount of space that a widget takes up > *within the space that it was allocated*. > > To determine to which child of a container excess space gets allocated, > look at the 'expand' parameter of gtk_box_pack_start() or the GTK_EXPAND > flag used with GtkTable. Thanks Owen. I'm using Glade to do most of the widget layout. I do set the expand property on everything it allows me to. When I look in the generated source files I see the GTK_EXPAND flag. Maybe glade is missing some expandable elements though? I'll take a closer look. more info... I use glade to make a dialog. I partition the main area in the dialog in two using a GtkVBox. In the lower partition I make a HBox and fill each area with buttons and set the expand property on each button. In the upper partition I create a "Custom" widget in which I insert a simple calculator widget which is comprised of a table buttons, each with the expand property set. Without a GtkAlignment the buttons in the lower partition take up too much space. So, I add an alignment, inside the lower partition, outside of the contained HBox. I set the vertical scale to something smaller than 1. I then expect the calculator widget above to fill in the newly available space, but it doesn't. like i said, the calculator widget is basically just a table of buttons, and all the buttons have the GTK_EXPAND flag set. what should I look for? Thanks, - Ben _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
