Use text to specify combo box padding for better font/display tolerance.

Consistent mixer strip button height.

The latter works by setting all the button size request heights to the
calculated height of the alphabet.  Thus, all buttons of the same class will be
the same height regardless of their actual text.

1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libs/gtkmm2ext/utils.cc b/libs/gtkmm2ext/utils.cc
index 37ed4ba66b..f3c5b6795f 100644
--- a/libs/gtkmm2ext/utils.cc
+++ b/libs/gtkmm2ext/utils.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,40 @@ Gtkmm2ext::set_size_request_to_display_given_text (Gtk::Widget &w, const gchar *
 	w.set_size_request(width + hpadding, height + vpadding);
 }
 
+/** Set width request to display given text, and height to display anything.
+    This is useful for setting many widgets to the same height for consistency. */
+void
+Gtkmm2ext::set_size_request_to_display_given_text_width (Gtk::Widget& w,
+                                                         const gchar* htext,
+                                                         gint         hpadding,
+                                                         gint         vpadding)
+{
+	static const gchar* vtext = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+
+	w.ensure_style ();
+
+	int hwidth, hheight;
+	get_pixel_size (w.create_pango_layout (htext), hwidth, hheight);
+
+	int vwidth, vheight;
+	get_pixel_size (w.create_pango_layout (vtext), vwidth, vheight);
+
+	w.set_size_request(hwidth + hpadding, vheight + vpadding);
+}
+
+void
+Gtkmm2ext::set_height_request_to_display_any_text (Gtk::Widget& w, gint vpadding)
+{
+	static const gchar* vtext = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+
+	w.ensure_style ();
+
+	int width, height;
+	get_pixel_size (w.create_pango_layout (vtext), width, height);
+
+	w.set_size_request(-1, height + vpadding);
+}
+
 void
 Gtkmm2ext::set_size_request_to_display_given_text (Gtk::Widget &w, std::string const & text,
 						   gint hpadding, gint vpadding)
@@ -125,6 +159,33 @@ Gtkmm2ext::set_size_request_to_display_given_text (Gtk::Widget &w,
 	w.set_size_request(width_max + hpadding, height_max + vpadding);
 }
 
+/** This version specifies horizontal padding in text to avoid assumptions
+    about font size.  Should be used anywhere padding is used to avoid text,
+    like combo boxes. */
+void
+Gtkmm2ext::set_size_request_to_display_given_text (Gtk::Widget&                    w,
+                                                   const std::vector<std::string>& strings,
+                                                   const std::string&              hpadding,
+                                                   gint                            vpadding)
+{
+	int width_max = 0;
+	int height_max = 0;
+	w.ensure_style ();
+
+	for (vector<string>::const_iterator i = strings.begin(); i != strings.end(); ++i) {
+		int width, height;
+		get_pixel_size (w.create_pango_layout (*i), width, height);
+		width_max = max(width_max,width);
+		height_max = max(height_max, height);
+	}
+
+	int pad_width;
+	int pad_height;
+	get_pixel_size (w.create_pango_layout (hpadding), pad_width, pad_height);
+
+	w.set_size_request(width_max + pad_width, height_max + vpadding);
+}
+
 static inline guint8
 demultiply_alpha (guint8 src,
                   guint8 alpha)