Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-20 Thread control H
Hi, A year ago I posted my comments about the GtkComboBox to this list, this link shows the thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=11324387691&r=1&w=2 Still, the GtkComboBox is the biggest problem in my application. I'm sorry to say, but the combo control is both ugly and clumsy. But as you

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread galtgendo
Jim George napisał(a): >> Actually, that feature is not that important to me, the important >> part is that scrolled window, instead of that long ugly thing that >> a really long list turns GTK_COMBO_BOX into. > > I agree that the combo box does look ugly when there are too many > elements, but t

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread Jim George
> Actually, that feature is not that important to me, the important part > is that scrolled window, instead of that long ugly thing that a really > long list turns GTK_COMBO_BOX into. I agree that the combo box does look ugly when there are too many elements, but the solution, to me, seems to be t

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread Yeti
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:58:35PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You got it all wrong. Thank you. I wish people told me this more often. Really. Preferably when I get it all wrong, but one takes what one can get. > As "appears-as-list" is a style property, it's read-only, so it would be >

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Paul Pogonyshev wrote: > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > The effect I'm looking for is a non-depreciated widget >> > combination that would look and act like GTK_COMBO did, I mean a >> > scrolled window and all, preferably one with number of rows set by me. >> >> I

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread galtgendo
Paul Pogonyshev napisał(a): > Not having such a limit is a conscious decision by GTK+ team. Not a > missed feature. > Actually, that feature is not that important to me, the important part is that scrolled window, instead of that long ugly thing that a really long list turns GTK_COMBO_BOX into.

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread Paul Pogonyshev
Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The effect I'm looking for is a non-depreciated widget > > combination that would look and act like GTK_COMBO did, I mean a > > scrolled window and all, preferably one with number of rows set by me. > > I agree. This would be much appre

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The effect I'm looking for is a non-depreciated widget > combination that would look and act like GTK_COMBO did, I mean a > scrolled window and all, preferably one with number of rows set by me. I agree. This would be much appreciated. The same goes for the popup done b

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread galtgendo
David Nečas (Yeti) napisał(a): > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:33:34PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 1. One of the parts of GTK_COMBO seemed to be a scrolled window, what >> would be the simplest combination of widgets to have similar >> look-and-feel, cause GTK_COMBO_BOX with longer lists is s

Re: A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread Yeti
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:33:34PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. One of the parts of GTK_COMBO seemed to be a scrolled window, what > would be the simplest combination of widgets to have similar > look-and-feel, cause GTK_COMBO_BOX with longer lists is simply ugly. This is a matter of Gtk

A question about deprecated widget

2006-12-18 Thread galtgendo
As API reference states and both FAQ and tutorial on gtk.org have yet to notice, GTK_COMBO has been deprecated for some time. There's of course advice about GTK_COMBO_BOX, but that's not what I have in mind. As such I've got following questions: 1. One of the parts of GTK_COMBO seemed to be a scr