Re: coding UI v.s. drawing UI

"JSheble" <justformailinglists@wizaerd.com> wrote: > > > > > 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.. Steph wrote: > > > > I find it harder work using Glade. But it does seem to have a lot of fans. Sebastian G. wrote: > > >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... Jared 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? Jared Smith wrote: > > 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... > Yeah, and it also helps to close the window-widget and reopen it, or to restart glade... The best way to navigate between the properties of each widget is by right-clicking on the place where you think the widget is located, then choosing it's name and "select". Doing so, you can't be wrong. -- MfG, Sebastian G. : mailseppel@gmx.de : HH-germany :