you can access allocation values after the widget is realized, not right after you create it. so, to make sure you get it correct you can set an event handler for size-allocate signal http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkWidget.html#GtkWidget-size-allocate 2008/3/29, Harinandan S <harinandans@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi All, > > I want to find the absolute x,y co-ordinates and width and height of a > widget. I looked at GTK API reference and found GtkAllocation. I tried it > in my program but > > gint x = widget->allocation.x ; > > returned -1. What does that mean? I want x,y coordinates in terms of the > pixel values. I also tried widget->allocation.y but that also returned -1. > > Am i going wrong somewhere? I used this statement immediately after creating > the widget. > > -- > Regards, > Harinandan S > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
