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Hi ,

Could anyone tell how to resize the parent window according to the child widget .

Regards
Himanshu

If I understand you correctly, what you want is the following two functions:
gtk_widget_set_hexpand()
gtk_widget_set_vexpand()

You should never set the parent window.
People with small displays, e.g. netbooks etc. rely on the fact that a window will always be able to fit in their screen else some content will be off screen and inaccessible.
Let the window manager and the user handle the size of the window, and just focus on the content. Most parent widgets will automatically resize so their children fit fine.
you can set defaults and give suggestions for the parent window; but please don't try to force it. This will likely only result in a broken app.