canvas::grid starts being able to do its job a little

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libs/canvas/canvas/item.h b/libs/canvas/canvas/item.h
index a480ec38a1..02f84a62ee 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/canvas/item.h
+++ b/libs/canvas/canvas/item.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public:
 
 	/* item implementations can override this if they need to */
 	virtual Rect size_request() const { return bounding_box (true); }
-	void size_allocate (Rect const&);
+	virtual void size_allocate (Rect const&);
 
 	/** bounding box is the public API to get the size of the item.
 	   If @param for_own_purposes is false, then it will return the
diff --git a/libs/canvas/canvas/widget.h b/libs/canvas/canvas/widget.h
index c1f6dc1f36..4c00592403 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/canvas/widget.h
+++ b/libs/canvas/canvas/widget.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public:
 	void render (Rect const &, Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Context>) const;
 	void compute_bounding_box () const;
 
+	void size_allocate (Rect const &);
+
 	CairoWidget const & get () const {
 		return _widget;
 	}