hi, if you want fine control over the size of your entry widgets, the following routines may be of help: gtk_entry_set_max_length() gtk_entry_set_width_chars() richard On Jul 16, 2006, at 9:39 AM, chao yeaj wrote: > Hello everyone > First ,I am sorry for my poor Englisth ! > > In my application, there are sveral "entry" widgets > > usually ,they are nice, and the widget's default size is that: > it's width can accommodate 12 characters ,as follow, > +---------------------+ > |012345678901| > +---------------------+ > > But ,today , when I test my application, > I suddenly found that, the "entry" widget's default size it lagger > than before > it's width can accommodate nearly 25 characters ,asfollow, > +--------------------------------------------+ > |01234567890123456789012345| > +--------------------------------------------+ > > > The entry widget suddenly changed so large, > It makes my application ugly > > I did not know why it becomes so large > I need your help! > > Any commets would be much appreciated, and thanks in advance! > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list