David > > If you pack a widget as first, it will appear first in the vbox. > If you pack it last, it will apear last. so the pack should be in this order vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER(hWnd), vbox); if (bStatus) { statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new(); box = (GtkFixed*)gtk_fixed_new(); gtk_box_pack_start( GTK_BOX (vbox), (GtkWidget*)statusbar, TRUE, TRUE, 0); gtk_box_reorder_child(GTK_BOX(vbox) statusbar,9999); gtk_box_pack_end( GTK_BOX(vbox), (GtkWidget*)box, TRUE, TRUE, 0 ); } else { box = (GtkFixed*)gtk_fixed_new(); gtk_box_pack_end( GTK_BOX(vbox), (GtkWidget*)box, TRUE, TRUE, 0 ); } Regards Luiz _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list