GTK+ 3 Reference Manual: GtkFixed

GtkFixed

GtkFixed — A container which allows you to position widgets at fixed coordinates

Functions

GtkWidget *	gtk_fixed_new ()
void	gtk_fixed_put ()
void	gtk_fixed_move ()

Child Properties

gint	x	Read / Write
gint	y	Read / Write

Types and Values

struct

GtkFixed

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkFixed

Implemented Interfaces

GtkFixed implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

The GtkFixed widget is a container which can place child widgets at fixed positions and with fixed sizes, given in pixels. GtkFixed performs no automatic layout management.

For most applications, you should not use this container! It keeps you from having to learn about the other GTK+ containers, but it results in broken applications. With GtkFixed, the following things will result in truncated text, overlapping widgets, and other display bugs:

Themes, which may change widget sizes.
Fonts other than the one you used to write the app will of course change the size of widgets containing text; keep in mind that users may use a larger font because of difficulty reading the default, or they may be using Windows or the framebuffer port of GTK+, where different fonts are available.
Translation of text into other languages changes its size. Also, display of non-English text will use a different font in many cases.

In addition, the fixed widget can’t properly be mirrored in right-to-left languages such as Hebrew and Arabic. i.e. normally GTK+ will flip the interface to put labels to the right of the thing they label, but it can’t do that with GtkFixed. So your application will not be usable in right-to-left languages.

Finally, fixed positioning makes it kind of annoying to add/remove GUI elements, since you have to reposition all the other elements. This is a long-term maintenance problem for your application.

If you know none of these things are an issue for your application, and prefer the simplicity of GtkFixed, by all means use the widget. But you should be aware of the tradeoffs.

Functions

gtk_fixed_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_fixed_new (void);

Creates a new GtkFixed.

Returns

a new GtkFixed.

gtk_fixed_put ()

void
gtk_fixed_put (GtkFixed *fixed,
               GtkWidget *widget,
               gint x,
               gint y);

Adds a widget to a GtkFixed container at the given position.

Parameters

fixed	a GtkFixed.
widget	the widget to add.
x	the horizontal position to place the widget at.
y	the vertical position to place the widget at.

gtk_fixed_move ()

void
gtk_fixed_move (GtkFixed *fixed,
                GtkWidget *widget,
                gint x,
                gint y);

Moves a child of a GtkFixed container to the given position.

Parameters

fixed	a GtkFixed.
widget	the child widget.
x	the horizontal position to move the widget to.
y	the vertical position to move the widget to.

Types and Values

struct GtkFixed

struct GtkFixed;

Child Property Details

The `“x”` child property

  “x”                        gint

X position of child widget.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: 0

The `“y”` child property

  “y”                        gint

Y position of child widget.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: 0

GtkFixed

Functions

Child Properties

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

Implemented Interfaces

Includes

Description

Functions

gtk_fixed_new ()

Returns

gtk_fixed_put ()

Parameters

gtk_fixed_move ()

Parameters

Types and Values

struct GtkFixed

Child Property Details

The “x” child property

The “y” child property

The `“x”` child property

The `“y”` child property