094. How to set valign top in GtkTable?

Problem

You want to simulate valign=top in a GtkTable as shown below:

How to set valign top in GtkTable?


Solution


Sample Code

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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(400, -1);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));

$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());

// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("valign=top in GtkTable");
$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);

$gap = new GtkHBox();
$gap->set_size_request(-1, 10); // add a small gap btw title and table
$vbox->pack_start($gap, 0, 0);

$vbox->pack_start($hbox = new GtkHBox());
$hbox->pack_start(new GtkHBox());
$hbox->pack_start($table = new GtkTable(), 0, 0);
$hbox->pack_start(new GtkHBox());

$data = array(
array('', 'header1', 'header2', 'header3'),
array('row0', 1, "2.1\n2.2\n2.3", "3.1\n3.2\n3.3\n3.4"),
array('row1', "4.1\n4.2\n4.3", "5.1\n5.2", 6));

display_table ($table, $data);

function display_table($table, $a) {
    for ($row=0; $row<count($a); ++$row) {
        for ($col=0; $col<count($a[$row]); ++$col) {
            $vbox = new GtkVBox();
            $vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel($a[$row][$col]), 0, 0); // note 1
            $vbox->pack_start(new GtkVBox()); // note 2
            $table->attach($vbox, $col, $col+1, $row, $row+1);
        }
    }
}

$window->show_all();
Gtk::main();
?>

Output

As shown above.
 

Explanation

We make use of the code in How to display a 2D array in table - Part 1? to display a 2D array.

What's new here:

  1. Create the GtkLabel and stuff it inside the vbox. Note the use of 0, 0 to prevent any expansion or filling.
  2. Create another empty GtkVbox and turn on expansion and filling so that it will "push" the label to the top.

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