[Glade-users] Unable to fix the Text Entry widget size

[Tristan Van Berkom]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Manuel Ferrero <mferrero at reer.it> wrote:
> I'm struggling with alignment and size of a Text Entry widget: I simply
> can't reduce to exact size.
>

GtkEntry by default requires a fixed minimum size.

To change that minimum size you need to set the "width-chars"
property:
http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkEntry.html#GtkEntry--width-chars

Notably this default behavior is not correctly documented, however
looking at gtkentry.c:gtk_entry_get_preferred_width() reveals
that there is a fallback minimum width used.

Cheers,
            -Tristan

> What I want:
> http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3597/simplemockup.png
>
> What I get:
> http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1138/simplerw.png
>
> The Glade file for the second image:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <interface>
>  <requires lib="gtk+" version="2.24"/>
>  <!-- interface-naming-policy project-wide -->
>  <object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
>    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
>    <property name="border_width">5</property>
>    <signal name="delete-event" handler="on_window1_delete_event"
> swapped="no"/>
>    <child>
>      <object class="GtkVBox" id="vbox1">
>        <property name="visible">True</property>
>        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
>        <child>
>          <object class="GtkLabel" id="label1">
>            <property name="visible">True</property>
>            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
>            <property name="xalign">0</property>
>            <property name="yalign">0.46000000834465027</property>
>            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Label</property>
>          </object>
>          <packing>
>            <property name="expand">False</property>
>            <property name="fill">True</property>
>            <property name="position">0</property>
>          </packing>
>        </child>
>        <child>
>          <object class="GtkHButtonBox" id="hbuttonbox1">
>            <property name="visible">True</property>
>            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
>            <property name="layout_style">start</property>
>            <child>
>              <object class="GtkEntry" id="entry1">
>                <property name="visible">True</property>
>                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
>                <property name="invisible_char">â— </property>
>                <property name="text" translatable="yes">text</property>
>                <property name="primary_icon_activatable">False</property>
>                <property name="secondary_icon_activatable">False</property>
>                <property name="primary_icon_sensitive">True</property>
>                <property name="secondary_icon_sensitive">True</property>
>              </object>
>              <packing>
>                <property name="expand">False</property>
>                <property name="fill">False</property>
>                <property name="position">0</property>
>              </packing>
>            </child>
>          </object>
>          <packing>
>            <property name="expand">False</property>
>            <property name="fill">False</property>
>            <property name="position">1</property>
>          </packing>
>        </child>
>        <child>
>          <object class="GtkHButtonBox" id="hbuttonbox2">
>            <property name="visible">True</property>
>            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
>            <property name="spacing">5</property>
>            <property name="layout_style">center</property>
>            <child>
>              <object class="GtkButton" id="button1">
>                <property name="label" translatable="yes">button</property>
>                <property name="use_action_appearance">False</property>
>                <property name="visible">True</property>
>                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
>                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
>              </object>
>              <packing>
>                <property name="expand">False</property>
>                <property name="fill">False</property>
>                <property name="position">0</property>
>              </packing>
>            </child>
>            <child>
>              <object class="GtkButton" id="button2">
>                <property name="label" translatable="yes">button</property>
>                <property name="use_action_appearance">False</property>
>                <property name="visible">True</property>
>                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
>                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
>              </object>
>              <packing>
>                <property name="expand">False</property>
>                <property name="fill">False</property>
>                <property name="position">1</property>
>              </packing>
>            </child>
>          </object>
>          <packing>
>            <property name="expand">False</property>
>            <property name="fill">True</property>
>            <property name="position">2</property>
>          </packing>
>        </child>
>      </object>
>    </child>
>  </object>
> </interface>
>
> How can I reduce the size of the Text Entry and fix it to the size of the
> button?
>
> TIA
> --
> Regards,
> Manuel Ferrero
> R&D department
>
> Reer SpA
> Tel.  +39 011 2482215
> Fax. +39 011 859867
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