Just realized I didn't answer your question. Well, I investigated that a long time ago. Before using a GtkToolbar as a base for this widget, I tried other widgets as well. Initially I used the obvious widget: GtkStatusbar. A day later I realized that it didn't have any kind of theming capabilities. It doesn't accept padding, borders or gradients. The other issue with GtkStatusbars is that the label is packed on the left, and any child widget is packed on the right. I modified the draw method and installed the required style properties (padding, border) to the widget, but the code was unnecessarily full of hacks and the issue with the label was still there.
On the other hand, GtkToolbar had everything I needed: full theming support, container capabilities, etc. It only required a couple of CSS hacks to make it look as slim as a normal GtkStatusbar and get rid of the toolbar-specific stuff. Besides, adding message context capabilities to this widget is way easier than hacking the draw method on a normal statusbar IMHO. Again, thank you for the review. I'll welcome any other suggestion(s) you have :) -- https://code.launchpad.net/~victored/granite/statusbar/+merge/104277 Your team elementaryart (old) is subscribed to branch lp:granite. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementaryart Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementaryart More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
