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authorTristan Van Berkom <tristan.van.berkom@gmail.com>2010-09-15 04:51:36 +0900
committerTristan Van Berkom <tristan.van.berkom@gmail.com>2010-09-15 04:51:36 +0900
commit2ee532645f38efa271daf4e6df9e33a98e710790 (patch)
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Adjusted new documentation for GtkSizeGroup.
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diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtksizegroup.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtksizegroup.sgml
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--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtksizegroup.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtksizegroup.sgml
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ will be allocated in one dimension, it cannot derive how much height
a widget will receive for a given width). When grouping widgets that
trade height for width in mode %GTK_SIZE_GROUP_VERTICAL or %GTK_SIZE_GROUP_BOTH:
the height for the minimum width will be the requested height for all
-widgets in the group.
+widgets in the group. The same is of course true when horizontally grouping
+width for height widgets.
+</para>
+<para>
+Widgets that trade height-for-width should set a reasonably large minimum width
+by way of GtkLabel:width-chars for instance. Widgets with static sizes as well
+as widgets that grow (such as ellipsizing text) need no such considerations.
</para>
<refsect2 id="GtkSizeGroup-BUILDER-UI">
<title>GtkSizeGroup as GtkBuildable</title>