Hi, > evbox = gtk_event_box_new(); > gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(hbox),evbox);
> hboxe = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE,0); > gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox),hboxe,FALSE,FALSE,0); You have just added the hboxe and evbox in a single hbox.. "gtk_container_add(..,evbox)" actually takes up more amount of space because it is equivalent to gtk_box_pack_start (box, child, TRUE, TRUE, 0); So, for "hboxe" only less amount space will be allocated... > hbox2 = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE,0); > gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hboxe),hbox2,FALSE,FALSE,0); here, the hbox2 is being added to the hboxe... When you add a button into it.. The entire packings will look like the following... +------------------------------------------------hbox-----------------------------------------------------------+ | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------hboxe----------------+ | | | | | + ------hbox2----------+ | | | | evbox | | | +-------------------+ | | | | | | | | | button | | | | | | | | | +------------------+ | | | | | | | +--------------------------+ | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I think, now you have understood the concept... >now i can add them horizontally but the problem is that when i add a >button it is placed at the right of the dashboard, an i want it at the >left...do you know how to do this? To solve this problem... Just do this.. >evbox = gtk_event_box_new(); > gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(hbox),evbox); > hboxe = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE,0); //gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox),hboxe,FALSE,FALSE,0); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (evbox), hboxe); Eventbox still receive the events... So don't have to worry about it..If all the evbox space is occupied by the buttons (that you dynamically add), then you will receive no more events.. -- Santhosh. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Project - http://eccvs.sf.net ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list