Gtk+ 3 Disable resize for a window ?

[myromance123]

Hi there.
I have been trying to set Gtk+ 3 to stop the user from resizing the window.
Initially I thought I had to use gtk_window_set_has_resize_grip(False) but that didn't do anything. The window is still resizable.


#!/usr/env/python

from gi.repository import Gtk

class BasicWindow(Gtk.Window):

def __init__(self):
Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="No Resize")

self.set_has_resize_grip(False)

table = Gtk.Table(3, 1, True)
self.add(table)

label_info = Gtk.Label("This window cannot be resized")
table.attach(label_info, 0, 1, 1, 2)

win = BasicWindow()
win.connect("delete-event", Gtk.main_quit)
win.show_all()
Gtk.main()


I've been scouring the Gtk+ 3 documentation, but I can't seem to find out how to do this. I am using Python with Gtk+ 3 on Ubuntu 12.10 with IDLE 2.7. Is this possible? Am I doing something wrong?

Any help would greatly be appreciated!

[bird1500]

Afaik, the compositor, not X11 decides if a window can be resized, so it's probably not possible to make it work under any compositor (Mutter, Compiz..). E.g. X11 might set a location for a window but ultimately the compositor might just place it at the center of the screen. But maybe I'm wrong, maybe your case doesn't fall under this assumption.

[myromance123]

What I wonder is how did OutRec do it?
Its a small window which cannot be resized or maximized. This is what I want to achieve. Is it really impossible to make a window with a permanent height and width?

[bird1500]

I'm using Gtkmm (gtk with C++) and to achieve it I do in a Gtk::Window subclass:

property_resizable() = false;

And it works fine (that is, there's no resize grips) if called before or after the Gtk::Window shows up.

Same result when using set_resizable(false);

PS: Using Ubuntu 12.04 with the Unity desktop.

[myromance123]

Thanks bird1500,


Same result when using set_resizable(false);
works great.
I also found this via searching the Gtk+ 3 documentation using the keyword "resize".
That got me this:
http://developer.gnome.org/gtk-faq/stable/x662.html (http://developer.gnome.org/gtk-faq/stable/x662.html)

Basically, we use gtk_window_set_resizable( boolean ) which in python looks something like (assuming self is for the main window):

self.set_resizable( False )

So, implementing like this:

#!/usr/env/python

from gi.repository import Gtk

class BasicWindow(Gtk.Window):

def __init__(self):
Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="No Resize")

# This single line below stops the user from resizing.
self.set_resizable(False)

table = Gtk.Table(3, 1, True)
self.add(table)

label_info = Gtk.Label("This window cannot be resized")
table.attach(label_info, 0, 1, 1, 2)

win = BasicWindow()
win.connect("delete-event", Gtk.main_quit)
win.show_all()
Gtk.main()

Now the user is unable to resize the window, and it will stay in its current width and height! :)
Thanks for all the help, and may this help someone else later on.