[MonoDevelop] RE: Comments on Stetic GU designer

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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:49:21 -0500
> From: Tony Caduto <tony_caduto at amsoftwaredesign.com>
> Subject: Re: [MonoDevelop] Comments on Stetic GU designer
> To: Mario Carri?n <mario.carrion at gmail.com>
> Cc: monodevelop-list at lists.ximian.com
> Message-ID: <44809641.4040903 at amsoftwaredesign.com>
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> Mario Carrin wrote:
> > There's a container called Fixed which simulates that behavior, be
> > aware that Gtk+ GUI programming isn't Win32 GUI programming and
> > setting X-Y coordinates to widgets is highly discouraged, some reasons
> > to don't use it are:
> >
> > [1] http://www.go-mono.com/docs/monodoc.ashx?link=T%3aGtk.Fixed
> >   
> Hi Mario,
> I am running verion .10 on Ubuntu 6.06 but I don't see a fixed widget in 
> the containers section at all :-(
> 

I'm running monodevelop 0.11, and there isn't a fixed container their
either. 

But my problem with stetic isn't the lack of a fixed container, it's the
fact that the look and feel of the GTk# combo boxes is really poor.For
example, if you use the combo box it displays an ugly sliding panel that
goes above and below the selection component, and if you have a large
number of items it can take over the entire screen, I have a similar
complaint about the combo entry box. 

My other complaint is the lack of settings available through the
designer.

regards

Tracy Barlow