Setting sizes of widgets (PyGTK)

[Harlin Seritt]

I have the following code and I would like to know how to set the
length and width of widgets like Buttons. When the window opens the
button fills up the space even though I have told it not to. Anyone
know how I can accomplish this?

:

import pygtk, gtk

class Greeter:

def __init__(self):

self.window = gtk.Window(gtk. WINDOW_TOPLEVEL )
self.box = gtk.VBox()
self.window.add (self.box)

self.label = gtk.Label("Plea se enter your name in the box below:")
self.namebox = gtk.Entry(12)
self.button = gtk.Button("Gre et Me!")
self.output = gtk.Label("Your output will appear here.")

self.box.pack_s tart(self.label , False, False, 2)
self.box.pack_s tart(self.nameb ox, False, False, 2)
self.box.pack_s tart(self.butto n, False, False, 2)
self.box.pack_s tart(self.outpu t, False, False, 2)

self.label.show ()
self.namebox.sh ow()
self.button.sho w()
self.output.sho w()
self.box.show()
self.window.sho w()

def main(self):
gtk.main()

a = Greeter()
a.main()

[Franck Pommereau]

Re: Setting sizes of widgets (PyGTK)

Harlin Seritt wrote:[color=blue]
> I have the following code and I would like to know how to set the
> length and width of widgets like Buttons. When the window opens the
> button fills up the space even though I have told it not to.[/color]

Your button is stretched horizontally because there is nothing to put
around it in order to fill the space. Try to embed it into a HBox,
surrounded by empty labels :
[color=blue]
> import pygtk, gtk
>
> class Greeter:
> def __init__(self):
> self.window = gtk.Window(gtk. WINDOW_TOPLEVEL )
> self.box = gtk.VBox()
> self.window.add (self.box)
> self.label = gtk.Label("Plea se enter your name in the box below:")
> self.namebox = gtk.Entry(12)
> self.button = gtk.Button("Gre et Me!")
> self.output = gtk.Label("Your output will appear here.")[/color]
hbox = gtk.HBox()[color=blue]
> self.box.pack_s tart(self.label , False, False, 2)
> self.box.pack_s tart(self.nameb ox, False, False, 2)[/color]
hbox.add(gtk.La bel())
hbox.pack_start (self.button, False, False, 2)
hbox.add(gtk.La bel())
self.box.pack_s tart(hbox, False, False, 2)[color=blue]
> self.box.pack_s tart(self.outpu t, False, False, 2)[/color]
self.window.sho w_all()[color=blue]
> def main(self):
> gtk.main()
>
> a = Greeter()
> a.main()[/color]

Cheers,
Franck