[Gtk-sharp-list] Manual layout in GtkSharp

[Todd Berman]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 23:40 +0000, george moudry wrote:
> I am interested in having a visual designer within VisualStudio, which could 
> allow similar design tasks as Glade -
> I would like a novice user to be able to paste a button into a Gtk form and 
> double-click to write the 'Click' function (but without adding hboxes and 
> vboxes).
> 
> When searching through this list, I came across Miguel's post
> http://www.mail-archive.com/mono-docs-list@ximian.com/msg00225.html
> where he says:
> >The first thing to keep in mind is that the use of absolute positioning on 
> >a form is not recommended when using Gtk.
> >
> >The problem arises when a user changes his font, or is using the 
> >application in another country.  For example the common "Ok" button would 
> >become "Aceptar" in spanish.  So any absolute positioning is considered a 
> >bad idea.
> 
> Agreeing that absolute layout has its problems, I still want to experiment 
> with it.
> Miguel seems to say that 'it is not recommended' - implying that it is 
> possible - can anyone show me how?
> 
> I tried C# code such as:
>   Gtk.Button btn = new Button();
>   btn.Label = "Button1";
>   btn.SetSizeRequest(100,100);
> But the button occupies the entire GtkForm ...
> Any ideas?
> 
> Regards,
> George Moudry, Los Angeles
> 

Look at Gtk.Layout.

Basically you would create a Gtk.Layout and add that to your window,
then add your button to the layout.

Note, i am *pretty* sure that is how it works, ive never tried, Absolute
positioning is dead as far as im concerned.

--Todd