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Problem This is another supposedly-simple-but-not-so-straightforward-in-php-gtk2 example.
Please refer to How to align GtkEntry fields - Part 1?
Suppose now you would like to display the field labels as shown below (i.e. with the labels right justified and packed to the left, and the textentry fields aligned to the left):
It is common that people get the following:
GtkEntry fields not the right size:
GtkEntry fields not aligned to the left:
Field labels not aligned to the left:
Solution We make use of the technique as outlined in How to set the button to the exact size you want - Part 2 - using GtkAlignment?, that is, with the use of GtkAlignment.
We also need to set some of the parameters when using GtkTable::attach().
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$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(400, 240);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());
// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Align GtkEntry Fields - Part 2");
$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);
$fields = array('Item number', 'Item Description', 'Unit price', 'Quantity');
$field_size = array(120, 200, 80, 80);
$entry = array(); // to store the text entries
$table = new GtkTable();
display_table($table, $fields, $field_size); // display the table
$vbox->pack_start($table);
function display_table($table, $fields, $field_size) {
global $entry;
$row = 0;
foreach ($fields as $field) {
$label = new GtkLabel(" $field: ");
$alignment = new GtkAlignment(1, .5, 0, 0); // note 1
$alignment->add($label);
$table->attach($alignment, 0, 1, $row, $row+1,
Gtk::FILL, Gtk::SHRINK, 0, 0); // note 2
$entry[$row] = new GtkEntry();
$alignment = new GtkAlignment(0, .5, 0, 0); // note 3
$alignment->add($entry[$row]);
$entry[$row]->set_size_request($field_size[$row], -1); // note 4
$table->attach($alignment, 1, 2, $row, $row+1); // note 5
++$row;
}
}
// create a submit button
$button = new GtkButton('Submit');
$button->set_size_request(60, 28);
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Explanation
- Align the field label to the right of column 0.
- Pack the field label to the left of the table.
- Left align the textentry fields using GtkAlignment.
- Set the size of the textentry fields.
- Align the textentry fields to the left of column 1 of the table.
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April 04, 2007 8:48am
Hi, The above example is very good. I found a bug in the above coding. The variable $row has been set back to 0 after exiting from the function display_table. The Submit button has picked up $row as 0 and after adding 1 to $row, the submit button has overlapped with the first field Item Number.
Best Regards,
csc
April 04, 2007 10:32am
If you noticed in line 44: $row = count($fields), the variable $row was set back to the number of fields, which is 4 in this case...
June 15, 2007 6:38pm
Very useful code. But I think one important aspect is to add other bouttons in a bouttonbox for example to perform different tasks if I click on exit or Ok or go first or go last. & collect the information from GtkEntry fields & insert it into a database like mysql with php.