[Glade-devel] Re: Glade 3 development

[todd]

Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Is the following problem solved already?
> 
> The problem: I used much time to develop a GUI. Then I found
> out that I should have put a vbox and a menubar at the top level
> of the widget hierarchy. So, I had to delete the exiting GUI and
> start all over again!
> 
> A related problem is when I want re-use a part of the created GUI
> in another application.
> 
> Solution: I should be able to save a widget hierarchy to a file
> or a clipboard and to import any saved hiearchy.
> 
> Note that the solution is not a careful predesign (as suggested by
> Glade docs).
> 
> Regards,
> Juhana

You didn't have to delete everything! Just use cut from the view->widget tree menu.
then insert your vbox.  then paste.  This has been glade for quiet some time.
-todd