I'll never understand why Glade removed the code gen capability when it went from Glade2 to Glade3. Most of the time, the XML UI definition is best, but not in cases like yours. If startup performance is vital, I recommend manually coding via the widget API. However, a good portion of your startup time may be due to file access. So, you may want to try statically including the glade file contents in your app so you can use gtk_builder_add_from_string(). -Anthony Vallone _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list