Description

This function is typically used when implementing a GtkContainer subclass. Obtains the preferred size of a widget. The container uses this information to arrange its child widgets and decide what size allocations to give them with gtkWidgetSizeAllocate.

Usage

Arguments

Details

You can also call this function from an application, with some caveats. Most notably, getting a size request requires the widget to be associated with a screen, because font information may be needed. Multihead-aware applications should keep this in mind.

Also remember that the size request is not necessarily the size a widget will actually be allocated.

See also gtkWidgetGetChildRequisition.

Value

A list containing the following elements:

Author(s)

Derived by RGtkGen from GTK+ documentation