Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:06:46 +0100 (CET)
Message-Id: <20050307.150646.74741015.oandrieu at nerim.net>
To: rich at annexia.org
Cc: lablgtk at math.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: Set properties on widgets - how?
From: Olivier Andrieu <andrieu at ijm.jussieu.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20050306232632.GA27784 at furbychan.cocan.org>
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 > Richard Jones [Sun, 6 Mar 2005]:
 > OK, so I did find the "set_property" function, so now I have this:

I'll add it to GEdit#entry .

 > 
 >   let headline_entry =
 >     let entry = GEdit.entry ~text:data.headline ~width_chars:45
 >       ~packing:(table#attach ~top:0 ~left:1 ~expand:`NONE ~fill:`NONE) () in
 >     entry#misc#set_name "headline";
 >     entry#misc#set_property "xalign" (`FLOAT 0.);
 >     entry in
 > 
 > However this doesn't appear to do anything.

Well, first, 0. is the default value for the xalign property, so this
probably won't change anything.

 > What I want is for the entry box to be left aligned inside its table
 > cell, and _not_ for it to fill (the width must remain at 45 chars).
 > Something like this:
 > 
 > +----------------------------------------------- table cell ------+
 > |+---------------------- entry box ---+                           |
 > ||                                    |                           |
 > ||                                    |                           |
 > ||                                    |                           |
 > |+------------------------------------+                           |
 > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 > 
 > Is it possible to do this?

You could try wrapping your entry in a GBin.alignment widget : that
way you'll be able to request a width for the alignment.

-- 
   Olivier