[Glade-users] An oft asked question --- I'm sure

[Damon Chaplin]

On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 18:44 -0700, Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom) wrote:
> :)
> 
> Will glade ever feature free form widget (control) placement. (I dont care 
> much for the layout boxes - forget their name). I think glade is the only 
> tool (contemporary) that still does this. (I'm trying to use anjuta - but 
> may dump C/C++ entirely in favor of tools like Boa and Python or VTcl and 
> Tcl/Tk). I have decades of experience with C/C++, but find using glade 
> tedious. (Non-trivial legacy apps that have complex UI's)

It already does support it. Use either the GtkFixed container or the
GtkLayout container (if you need scrolling).

But it is generally not a good idea to use them, since if you translate
your interface to another language the positions may be messed up (text
in other languages is usually longer than in English).

Damon