On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 16:29 +0100, Gus Koppel wrote: > kadil wrote: > > > I don't think a treeview can render this tree structured data that way I > > wanted. The way I want it and the type of data is shown below: > > > > ________________________________________________________ > > | Function | Funct Failure | Failure Mode | > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > |to be able |slow leak | worn washer | > > |control the| |-------------------------| > > |rate of fl-| | damaged seat | > > |uid passing|------------------|-------------------------| > > |thru the |unable to control | seized | > > |device |flow at all |-------------------------| > > | | | frozen | > > |--------------------------------------------------------| > > > > Any ideas, comments warmly received. > > No, I don't think a GtkTreeview can display this sort of structure. > > However, this sort of layout can perfectly be achieved by utilizing a > GtkTable (instead of GtkTreeview). The "Row Span" property of cell > widgets in a GtkTable is to be set here. It's the very same as in HTML 4 > tables, for instance. By doing this you're also not limited to simple > drawn items like texts or bitmaps in the cells but can easily put any > widget into them, i.e. buttons. To get closest to the appearance you > sketched I suggest to use a GtkLabel in a GtkFrame for each cell. > > Main drawback is that if you're about to use more than 50 rows like this > via a GtkTable, some performance degradation may start to take place. > But for structures with limited numbers of cells this is negligible. > > Btw, GtkTable should be put into a GtkScrolledWindow, to handle the > situation when there are more rows (or columns) to be displayed than the > window dimensions allow - offer scrollbars in that case. It's the same > way original GtkTreeViews work. > > I already created an example of your desired layout type but I'm afraid > its Glade XML or .c code is a bit too long to include here (~10 KB). > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Thanks Gus. I am looking at thousands of rows, so I might have to do something a bit more complicated. Maybe mapping this data to a gtktable dynamically to reduce the overheads. Kim _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
