Works great.  For any interested, here is what I ended up with:

Gdk::Rectangle tRects = alertLabel->get_allocation();
labelWidth = tRects.get_width();
labelHeight = tRects.get_height();


On 8/28/07, Milosz Derezynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Try Gtk::Widget::get_allocation() instead,
>
> http://gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Widget.html#a6499c4b69ff2e4671da95fdec97f62d
>
> On 8/28/07, John Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> >   I've been trying to use get_width and haven't had much luck.  I'm
> using it
> > on a Gtk::Label after I update the text, and it just returns 1.  I've
> tried
> > removing it, changing the text, and then adding it again. Tried wrapping
> it
> > in various container widgets and using get_width on them. It always
> comes
> > back with 1 after I update the label text.
> >
> >   Is there anything I'm missing on the usage of get_width?  Some action
> > required to re-init the width of the widget before getting it?
> >
> > Thanks for reading,
> > - John
> >
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