After I played around with GtkTreeView I found myself in a blind alley because in GtkTreeView I can't have cells spanning rows/columns, I decided to use GtkTable instead, and it appears I am stuck again.

All 'cells' (widgets) in the GtkTable can span rows and columns and all have a name assigned with set_name(), which is essentially the Primary Key of the Database table; nice and unique. Because of the dynamic nature of the table, I can't use Glade to create it.

As I read the database, I need to access the widget, whose name I derive from the Primary Key.

Is there a way to access the widget directly, similar to GladeXML::get_widget('name') method, or a way to get the row/column of the widget within the table?

Or is the only way to achieve this to loop through $Table->get_children() with get_name?

I also need to know how many rows and columns there actually are in the table, the constructor of GtkTable asks for this; I presume these are stored as a property somewhere, How do I get these out?

Thanks

Peter