GtkSharp/doc/en/Gtk/Fixed.xml

<Type Name="Fixed" FullName="Gtk.Fixed">
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Maintainer="John Luke" Value="public class Fixed : Gtk.Container" />
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>gtk-sharp</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyPublicKey>
    </AssemblyPublicKey>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.8.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the <link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads">Gtk# Thread Programming</link> for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement>
  <Docs>
    <summary>A container which allows you to position widgets at fixed coordinates</summary>
    <remarks>
      <para>The <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> widget is a container which can place child widgets at fixed positions and with fixed sizes, given in pixels. <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> performs no automatic layout management.</para>
      <para>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 <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" />, the following things will result in truncated text, overlapping widgets, and other display bugs:
				<list type="bullet">
          <item>
            <term>Themes, which may change widget sizes.</term>
          </item>
          <item>
            <term>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.</term>
          </item>
          <item>
            <term>Translation of text into other languages changes its size. Also, display of non-English text will use a different font in many cases.</term>
          </item>
        </list></para>
      <para>In addition, the fixed widget can not 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 not do that with <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" />. So your application will not be usable in right-to-left languages.</para>
      <para>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.</para>
      <para>If you know none of these things are an issue for your application, and prefer the simplicity of <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" />, by all means use the widget. But you should be aware of the tradeoffs.</para>
    </remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>Gtk.Container</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces>
  </Interfaces>
  <Attributes>
    <Attribute>
      <AttributeName>System.Reflection.DefaultMember(MemberName="Item")</AttributeName>
    </Attribute>
  </Attributes>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName="Move">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void Move (Gtk.Widget widget, int x, int y);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="widget" Type="Gtk.Widget" />
        <Parameter Name="x" Type="System.Int32" />
        <Parameter Name="y" Type="System.Int32" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Moves a child of a <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> container to the given position.</summary>
        <param name="widget">an object of type <see cref="T:Gtk.Widget" /></param>
        <param name="x">an object of type <see cref="T:System.Int32" /></param>
        <param name="y">an object of type <see cref="T:System.Int32" /></param>
        <remarks>Moves a child of a <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> container to the given position.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="Put">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void Put (Gtk.Widget widget, int x, int y);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="widget" Type="Gtk.Widget" />
        <Parameter Name="x" Type="System.Int32" />
        <Parameter Name="y" Type="System.Int32" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Adds a widget to a <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> container at the given position.</summary>
        <param name="widget">an object of type <see cref="T:Gtk.Widget" /></param>
        <param name="x">an object of type <see cref="T:System.Int32" /></param>
        <param name="y">an object of type <see cref="T:System.Int32" /></param>
        <remarks>Adds a widget to a <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> container at the given position.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public Fixed (IntPtr raw);" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="raw" Type="System.IntPtr" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Internal constructor</summary>
        <param name="raw">Pointer to the C object.</param>
        <remarks>
          <para>This is an internal constructor, and should not be used by user code.</para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public Fixed ();" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>Creates a new <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> object.</summary>
        <remarks>Creates a new <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> object.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="HasWindow">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public bool HasWindow { set; get; };" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Determines if <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> has a seperate <see cref="T:Gdk.Window" /></summary>
        <value>an object of type <see cref="T:System.Boolean" /></value>
        <remarks>
          <para>Gets whether the <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> has its own <see cref="T:Gdk.Window" />.</para>
          <para>Sets whether a <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> widget is created with a separate <see cref="T:Gdk.Window" /> or not. (By default, it will be created without a seperate <see cref="T:Gdk.Window" />). This function must be called while the <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" /> is not realized, for instance, immediately after the window is created.</para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="GType">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static GLib.GType GType { get; };" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>GLib.GType</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>GType Property.</summary>
        <value>a <see cref="T:GLib.GType" /></value>
        <remarks>Returns the native <see cref="T:GLib.GType" /> value for <see cref="T:Gtk.Fixed" />.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected Fixed (GLib.GType gtype);" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="gtype" Type="GLib.GType" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <summary>Protected Constructor.</summary>
        <param name="gtype">a <see cref="T:GLib.GType" /></param>
        <remarks>Chain to this constructor if you have manually registered a native <see cref="T:GLib.GType" /> value for your subclass.</remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Attributes>
        <Attribute>
          <AttributeName>System.Obsolete(Message=null, IsError=False)</AttributeName>
        </Attribute>
      </Attributes>
    </Member>
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