Re: coding UI v.s. drawing UI

I find that when setting sizes in Glade, it's best to use the spinner (up-down-arrow thing next to the value) to set the size, because often when I type a value into the box, it doesn't take effect. Setting the value using the spinner works more often for me... Jared On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 09:53, JSheble wrote: > > One of the reason I'm having such difficulty is I originally come from a VB > background... so when I visually design my VB forms, I have come to expect > certain things... When I change the size of my form (window) the width and > height properties update automatically. This doesn't happen in Glade. In > VB I can place controls precisely where I want them, and while I can do > this in Glade with the FIxed Position widget but then resizng the window > becomes difficult. If I use the horizontal and/or vertical box widgets, I > have a hard time setting the size of some of the controls I place. Could > this just be my Glade in-experience, or are they really this difficult to > size properly? > > At 05:10 PM 3/7/2002 +0100, Sebastian G. wrote: > >Steph wrote: > > > I find it harder work using Glade. But it does seem to have a lot of fans. > > > >"JSheble" <justformailinglists@wizaerd.com>: > > > > I'm just curious as to how many people code their UI as opposed to using > > > > Glade to visually draw out their UI... I've been trying to use > > Glade, but > > > > it's become increasingly irritating and frustrating to use... There are > > > > many things that just don't seem to 'work' well, but it could > > > > also be my > > > > in-experience as well... but coding a UI sure seems to be a huge task... > > > > this is why I was curious as to other peoples preference.. > > > >Hi, > > > >well, if you ask me, I would _die_ having to code my 600 lines of XML by > >hand in phpGtk...! > >I think it's cool to do the widgets in glade, then just pick a widget in > >phpGtk and define signals > >and handles for it... And it works well for me, though... > > > >Sebastian G. mailseppel@gmx.de > > > -- > PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >