[Gtk-sharp-list] GTK treeview question merging texts across columns

[Christian Hoff]

luimarma schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> First I want to tell that I have been searching this forum and the web for
> the below information with no luck. Also I have been checking the GTK
> documentation, specially the treeview and treenode class docs.
>
> Now the problem:
>
> I am trying to port a MS Visual Basic 6  application to Gtk#. My VB6
> application is using a control called flexgrid that allows data to be placed
> in columns and rows. One feature of this control is that it lets you merge
> the text from one column to the next column, so if two or more contiguous
> columns have the same text then this text is shown only once, centred across
> all the columns. 
>
> Does anybody know if there is any way to implement this with treeview?
>   
No, this is not possible.
> Also I am trying that when the columns are shown there is no space/separator
> between each column. Is this possible? 
> I have been trying this with treeview1.EnableGridLines =
> TreeViewGridLines.None; also with no effect.
>   
What seperator are you talking about? Maybe setting the YPad of all 
CellRenderers to 0 helps. In any case, the grid lines do not appear 
between columns but instead display the hiarchy:
NODE
|- CHILD1
|- CHILD2

> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Luis
>