On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 19:36, Alex Perry wrote: > I'm using a scanner with enough options that the window is twice as tall > as my screen when the advanced panel is enabled. Since I'm using some of > the advanced options, and the scan button is at the bottom while the file > name is at the top of the window, I've put the two panels side by side. > > I've put the trivial change below in case anyone else has need of it. > I'm wondering whether the options feature creep on the scanners will > continue to stay ahead of available screen resolution on monitors ? > It might be a good idea to have a menu item that switches between the > normal vbox and this alternative hbox arrangement as a standard feature. > > $ grep -C3 -n ALEX gtkglue.c > 871- > 872- main_hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 2); > 873- > 874: /* ALEX CHANGED the vbox on the next line to be a hbox */ > 875- option_vbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 2); > 876- gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (main_hbox), option_vbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0); > 877- gtk_widget_show (option_vbox); > > Not a patch, sorry, I haven't finished switching my CVS from hungry to alioth. >
Placing it on alioth on the sane bug/wish list is a good way for keeping track of the progress on this bug/wish. I like the idee of a menu item to select the shape of box and will certainly use the patch as soon as possibly. -- ---------- m.vr.gr. Gerard Klaver
