[pygtk] How to align entries in a table?

[Steve McClure]

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 23:43 +0100, Sandro Dentella wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    I'd like to understand how to align entry in a table  so that it will be
>    "anchored" to the left. I can't find a way, not even using glade. The
>    idea is that while creating a mask to input data I'd like each entry to
>    be large no more than the allowed chars (I see that that's  possible using
>    widht-chars if the container is a table, not if the container is VBox),
>    and further I'd like to anchor the entry to the write, while I only get
>    it in the center.
> 
>         city:  [     large entry       ]
>     zip code:  [5chars]
> 
> 
>    what I get instead is:
> 
>         city:  [     large entry       ]
>     zip code:           [5chars]
> 
>     Which is the normal way to get this?

I use a GtkAlignment for that, but it looks quite a bit different in
glade-2.  In 1.X you could anchor alignment children anywhere you
wanted. As far as the the entry widget size, I've never been able to get
it to be the right size.  AFAICT, in glade-2 you have to add an
alignment widget from the widget popup menu, it isn't in the palette.

> 
> 
>     TIA
>     sandro
>     *:-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> class SampleWindow(gtk.Window):
>     def __init__(self):
>         gtk.Window.__init__(self)
> 
>         self.connect("delete_event", lambda a, b: gtk.main_quit())
> 
>         table = gtk.Table()
>         self.add(table)
> 
>         city = gtk.Label("city: ")
>         city.set_alignment(1.0, 0.5)
>         ecity = gtk.Entry()
> 
>         lzip = gtk.Label("zip code: ")
>         lzip.set_alignment(1, 0.5)
>         ezip = gtk.Entry()
>         ezip.set_property('width-chars',5)
> 
>         table.attach(city,0,1,0,1)
>         table.attach(ecity,1,2,0,1)
>         table.attach(lzip,0,1,1,2)
>         table.attach(ezip,1,2,1,2,xoptions=gtk.SHRINK)
> 
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