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sachins · Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

Hello,

I am placing a button inside of a frame. I want the frame to expand/contract as I resize the window, but I want the button to remain of the same size. Right now the button grows alongwith the frame and it looks ugly. Could someone help me out?

Heres a sample code. In this code an entry box and a button are placed side-by-side. I want the entrybox to grow as the window is expanded but the button should remain the same size.

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#include <gtk/gtk.h>

int main( int argc,
char *argv[] )
{
/* GtkWidget is the storage type for widgets */
GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *frame, *ok_button;
GtkWidget *vbox, *hbox;
GtkWidget *entry;

/* Initialise GTK */
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Frame Example");

g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "destroy",
G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), NULL);
gtk_widget_set_size_request (window, 300, 300);
gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);

/* Create a Frame */
frame = gtk_frame_new (NULL);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), frame);
gtk_frame_set_label (GTK_FRAME (frame), "GTK Frame Widget");

vbox = gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 5);
gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(frame), vbox);

hbox = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 5);
gtk_container_add(GTK_BOX(vbox), hbox);

entry = gtk_entry_new ();
gtk_container_add(GTK_BOX(hbox), entry);

ok_button=gtk_button_new_from_stock(GTK_STOCK_SAVE);
gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), ok_button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);

/* Display the window */
gtk_widget_show_all(window);

/* Enter the event loop */
gtk_main ();

return 0;
}

Sachin.

sachins · Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

Haha, just after posting I got the solution. The trick was to set the expand parameter in gtk_box_pack_start to FALSE. Hope it helps someone else.

Sachin.
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