gtkFixedNew(show = TRUE)
gtkFixedPut(object, widget, x, y)
gtkFixedMove(object, widget, x, y)
gtkFixedGetHasWindow(object)
gtkFixedSetHasWindow(object, has.window)
gtkFixed(show = TRUE)
GObject +----GInitiallyUnowned +----GtkObject +----GtkWidget +----GtkContainer +----GtkFixed
GtkBuildable
.GtkFixed
widget is a container which can place child widgets at fixed
positions and with fixed sizes, given in pixels. GtkFixed
performs no
automatic layout management. For most applications, you should not use this container! It keeps
you from having to learn about the other GTK+ containers, but it
results in broken applications.
With GtkFixed
, the following things will result in truncated text,
overlapping widgets, and other display bugs:
GtkFixed
. So your application will
not be usable in right-to-left languages. Finally, fixed positioning makes it kind of annoying to add/remove GUI
elements, since you have to reposition all the other elements. This is
a long-term maintenance problem for your application. If you know none of these things are an issue for your application,
and prefer the simplicity of GtkFixed
, by all means use the
widget. But you should be aware of the tradeoffs.gtkFixed
is the equivalent of gtkFixedNew
.