Aligning ToolItem To Right in Toolbar
Hello folks, I'm currently diving into developing Gtk applications with Vala (which I'm just starting to learn as well). At this moment in time, I have created a couple ToolItem(s) that are properly inserted into my Toolbar(). This Toolbar() is within a Grid() and set to expand horizontally (set_hexpand(true)). As my Pastebin (link below) shows, the second (exampleGlobalMenuContainer) ToolItem is left aligned, which is completely understandable as it hasn't been set to do otherwise. LINK: http://pastebin.com/M2nnuynk My question is, how on earth do I set it (the exampleGlobalMenuContainer ToolItem) to horizontally align to the right? I looked into using set_halign to GTK_ALIGN_END and was contemplating using margin-left (although I'd have to have an event listener that'd evaluate the window width and change the margin-left otherwise). What would the appropriate method be to align the ToolItem? Have a second grid within the ToolBar and use columns? Thanks a bunch! - Joshua Strobl ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: Aligning ToolItem To Right in Toolbar
Le 27/08/2013 08:07, Joshua Strobl a écrit : > [...] and set to expand horizontally (set_hexpand(true)). Tip: you could use the Vala-style property setter, toolbar.hexpand=true > As my Pastebin (link below) shows, the second > (exampleGlobalMenuContainer) ToolItem is left aligned, which is > completely understandable as it hasn't been set to do otherwise. > > LINK: http://pastebin.com/M2nnuynk My question is, how on earth do I > set it (the exampleGlobalMenuContainer ToolItem) to horizontally > align to the right? I looked into using set_halign to GTK_ALIGN_END > and was contemplating using margin-left (although I'd have to have > an event listener that'd evaluate the window width and change the > margin-left otherwise). What would the appropriate method be to > align the ToolItem? AFAIK the correct solution is using a separator item set to be invisible and to expand. I didn't do Vala for at least a year so excuse the maybe crappy style, but: var sep = new Gtk.SeparatorToolItem(); sep.draw = false; toolbar.add(sep); toolbar.child_set(sep, expand:true); This way you have the items after the separator pushed to the right[1] -- and as a bonus you see a nice separator in the overflowing items menu if the toolbar has to show it. https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkSeparatorToolItem.html#GtkSeparatorToolItem.description https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkToolbar.html#GtkToolbar--c-expand Regards, Colomban [1] or to the left if locale is RTL ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: Aligning ToolItem To Right in Toolbar
On 08/27/2013 02:18 AM, Colomban Wendling wrote: > Le 27/08/2013 08:07, Joshua Strobl a écrit : >> [...] and set to expand horizontally (set_hexpand(true)). > Tip: you could use the Vala-style property setter, toolbar.hexpand=true I think at the time I was getting compile-time errors so I thought it was an issue with my syntax. I much prefer to "Vala-style" property setting as compared to using a set_* function for everything. Much cleaner. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll certainly make use of it! > AFAIK the correct solution is using a separator item set to be invisible > and to expand. I didn't do Vala for at least a year so excuse the maybe > crappy style, but: > > var sep = new Gtk.SeparatorToolItem(); > sep.draw = false; > toolbar.add(sep); > toolbar.child_set(sep, expand:true); > > This way you have the items after the separator pushed to the right[1] > -- and as a bonus you see a nice separator in the overflowing items menu > if the toolbar has to show it. > > https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkSeparatorToolItem.html#GtkSeparatorToolItem.description > https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkToolbar.html#GtkToolbar--c-expand > Thanks for linking me to it. At the time I was using the offline docs I downloaded (and dealing with slow McDonalds wifi when I was away from the house) and it isn't so parsable / digestible that way. > Regards, > Colomban Thank you Colomban and Florian for your assistance =) It was appreciated. ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
