Sample Code 122: How to have a status area using GtkStatusbar? |
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Written by kksou
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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Problem You want to have a status bar at the bottom of your GtkWindow as shown below:
Solution
- Create a GtkStatusbar.
- Create a GtkVBox if necessary, and stuff the status bar as the last widget in the vbox (so that it's at the bottom).
- If you need the status bar to have a different background color or respond to events, stuff the status bar inside an GtkEventBox and then pack the eventbox into the vbox.
- To display a message, we need to first get a message id with GtkStatusbar::get_context_id(), then display the message with GtkStatusbar::push().
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$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(400, 200);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());
// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Window with status area");
$title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10"));
$title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff"));
$title->set_size_request(-1, 40);
$vbox->pack_start($title, 0, 0);
$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel('your body contents'));
// setup status area
$status = new GtkStatusbar(); // note 1
$eventbox = new GtkEventBox();
$eventbox->add($status);
$vbox->pack_start($eventbox, 0, 0); // note 2
$eventbox->modify_bg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse('#ffff00')); // note 3
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Explanation
- Create a statu bar, stuff it inside an eventbox, and pack the eventbox into the vbox.
- Don't forget to set expand and fill to
false when packing so that the status bar stays at the bottom.
- Here we set the background color of the status bar to yellow.
- Display a sample message.
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April 13, 2008 5:26am
I think line #20 should be pack_end instead of pack_start.
April 14, 2008 2:50am
Hi Tanes,
You're right! You can definitely use
pack_end()for line #20.In this example, the status bar is packed using
pack_start()as the last item. So the effect will be the same as usingpack_end().Thanks and Regards,
/kksou
July 22, 2008 5:25pm
You can also use the pop function to clear the statusbar when you're done, for moving on to another field, button, etc. As in:
$status->pop($context_id);
In our app, I connect two signals to each field; one for enter_notify_event, and one for leave_notify_event, so that the statusbar always reflects the help note for wherever the user is pointing.
August 17, 2008 9:03am