Hi; On 10 August 2015 at 14:51, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote:
> Having invested effort in this it is exasperating to discover that GTK+ > chooses a default theme that cripples one of the widgets - by failing to > draw a frame around the contents the user can no longer see clearly what > is being grouped by the frame. "Crippling" is a strong word, and one that I don't think applies. Grouping can be achieved by white space, for instance. Or by changing the background color. Or by changing the typographical appearance. Just because you expect a border, it does not mean your expectations are correct or are the only possible outcome. For instance, using a border around a GtkFrame has been deprecated in the GNOME HIG since the 2.x era, almost a decade ago: https://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/2.32/hig-book.html#controls-frames The human interface guidelines for MacOS also group controls without a border: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/ControlsView.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000957-CH52-SW8 In general, you want to use your GtkFrame with GTK_SHADOW_NONE, and use spacing. The documentation of GtkShadowType also specifies that themes may very well not have different types of shadows, and you should not rely on them: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk3-Standard-Enumerations.html#GtkShadowType Ciao, Emmanuele. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
