SOLVED [was Re: Howto set horiz space/padding between vbox and statusbar?]
On 12/07/2015 11:13 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: All, I have been pulling my hair out trying to tweak the padding between a GtkVBox and a GtkStatusbar. I have the following main window layout: main window vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0); menubar scrolled-window textview statusbar The problem is the scrolled-window and textview widgets provide a nice 10 pixel border created with: gtk_text_view_set_left_margin (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (app->view), 5); ... gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), 5); The statusbar however, is positioned snugly against the left border of the main window and vbox at the bottom. I would like to move the statusbar display to the right (pad it on the left) by 10 pixels to match the textview. I have tried adjusting the padding with the following: /* create/pack statusbar at end */ app->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new (); gboolean expand = 0; gboolean fill = 0; guint pad = 0; GtkPackType packtype = 0; gtk_box_query_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, &expand, &fill, &pad, &packtype); pad += 10; gtk_box_set_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, expand, fill, pad, packtype); status_set_default (app); gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, FALSE, FALSE, 0); However, there is no change in the statusbar display. What say the experts? What part of the object hierarchy am I missing/screwing up? Thanks. p.s. sorry if you get 2 copies, the first went to the 'requests' list by mistake. gtk_alignment_new was the key: /* create/pack statusbar at end within gtk_alignment */ guint ptop; guint pbot; guint pleft; guint pright; GtkWidget *sbalign = gtk_alignment_new (0, .5, 1, 1); gtk_alignment_get_padding (GTK_ALIGNMENT (sbalign), &ptop, &pbot, &pleft, &pright); gtk_alignment_set_padding (GTK_ALIGNMENT (sbalign), ptop, pbot, pleft + 10, pright); app->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new (); status_set_default (app); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (sbalign), app->statusbar); gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (vbox), sbalign, FALSE, FALSE, 0); Now all things are nice and aligned at the same 10 pixel border. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: Howto set horiz space/padding between vbox and statusbar?
Kinda guessing--I've never used it--but maybe try setting the child margin-start property? On 12/08/15 00:13, David C. Rankin wrote: All, I have been pulling my hair out trying to tweak the padding between a GtkVBox and a GtkStatusbar. I have the following main window layout: main window vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0); menubar scrolled-window textview statusbar The problem is the scrolled-window and textview widgets provide a nice 10 pixel border created with: gtk_text_view_set_left_margin (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (app->view), 5); ... gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), 5); The statusbar however, is positioned snugly against the left border of the main window and vbox at the bottom. I would like to move the statusbar display to the right (pad it on the left) by 10 pixels to match the textview. I have tried adjusting the padding with the following: /* create/pack statusbar at end */ app->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new (); gboolean expand = 0; gboolean fill = 0; guint pad = 0; GtkPackType packtype = 0; gtk_box_query_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, &expand, &fill, &pad, &packtype); pad += 10; gtk_box_set_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, expand, fill, pad, packtype); status_set_default (app); gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, FALSE, FALSE, 0); However, there is no change in the statusbar display. What say the experts? What part of the object hierarchy am I missing/screwing up? Thanks. p.s. sorry if you get 2 copies, the first went to the 'requests' list by mistake. ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Howto set horiz space/padding between vbox and statusbar?
All, I have been pulling my hair out trying to tweak the padding between a GtkVBox and a GtkStatusbar. I have the following main window layout: main window vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0); menubar scrolled-window textview statusbar The problem is the scrolled-window and textview widgets provide a nice 10 pixel border created with: gtk_text_view_set_left_margin (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (app->view), 5); ... gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), 5); The statusbar however, is positioned snugly against the left border of the main window and vbox at the bottom. I would like to move the statusbar display to the right (pad it on the left) by 10 pixels to match the textview. I have tried adjusting the padding with the following: /* create/pack statusbar at end */ app->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new (); gboolean expand = 0; gboolean fill = 0; guint pad = 0; GtkPackType packtype = 0; gtk_box_query_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, &expand, &fill, &pad, &packtype); pad += 10; gtk_box_set_child_packing (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, expand, fill, pad, packtype); status_set_default (app); gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (vbox), app->statusbar, FALSE, FALSE, 0); However, there is no change in the statusbar display. What say the experts? What part of the object hierarchy am I missing/screwing up? Thanks. p.s. sorry if you get 2 copies, the first went to the 'requests' list by mistake. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
