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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GtkFixed.top_of_page"></a>GtkFixed</span></h2>
<p>GtkFixed — A container which allows you to position
widgets at fixed coordinates</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<td class="property_type"><a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a></td>
<td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html#GtkFixed--c-x" title="The “x” child property">x</a></td>
<td class="property_flags">Read / Write</td>
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<a name="GtkFixed.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
<pre class="screen"> <a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject-struct">GObject</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> <a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GInitiallyUnowned">GInitiallyUnowned</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> <a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget">GtkWidget</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> <a class="link" href="GtkContainer.html" title="GtkContainer">GtkContainer</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> GtkFixed
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<a name="GtkFixed.implemented-interfaces"></a><h2>Implemented Interfaces</h2>
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GtkFixed implements
AtkImplementorIface and <a class="link" href="GtkBuildable.html" title="GtkBuildable">GtkBuildable</a>.</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include <gtk/gtk.h>
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<a name="GtkFixed.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>The <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> widget is a container which can place child widgets
at fixed positions and with fixed sizes, given in pixels. <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>
performs no automatic layout management.</p>
<p>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 <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>, the following
things will result in truncated text, overlapping widgets, and
other display bugs:</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem"><p>Themes, which may change widget sizes.</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>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.</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>Translation of text into other languages changes its size. Also,
display of non-English text will use a different font in many
cases.</p></li>
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<p>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 <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>. So your
application will not be usable in right-to-left languages.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>If you know none of these things are an issue for your application,
and prefer the simplicity of <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>, by all means use the
widget. But you should be aware of the tradeoffs.</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-new"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="returnvalue">GtkWidget</span></a> *
gtk_fixed_new (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates a new <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>.</p>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-new.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a new <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a>.</p>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-put"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_put ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gtk_fixed_put (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a> *widget</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> x</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> y</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Adds a widget to a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> container at the given position.</p>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>the horizontal position to place the widget at.</p></td>
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<a name="gtk-fixed-move"></a><h3>gtk_fixed_move ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gtk_fixed_move (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> *fixed</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkWidget.html" title="GtkWidget"><span class="type">GtkWidget</span></a> *widget</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> x</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> y</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Moves a child of a <a class="link" href="GtkFixed.html" title="GtkFixed"><span class="type">GtkFixed</span></a> container to the given position.</p>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>x</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the horizontal position to move the widget to.</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>the vertical position to move the widget to.</p></td>
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<a name="GtkFixed-struct"></a><h3>struct GtkFixed</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct GtkFixed;</pre>
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<a name="GtkFixed--c-x"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“x”</code> child property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"> “x” <a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a></pre>
<p>X position of child widget.</p>
<p>Flags: Read / Write</p>
<p>Default value: 0</p>
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<a name="GtkFixed--c-y"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“y”</code> child property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"> “y” <a href="/home/vagrant/ruby-gnome2.win32/glib2/vendor/local/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a></pre>
<p>Y position of child widget.</p>
<p>Flags: Read / Write</p>
<p>Default value: 0</p>
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